लवणम् एतद् उदके ऽवधायाथ मा प्रातर् उपसीदथा इति । स ह तथा चकार । तं होवाच । यद् दोषा लवणम् उदके ऽवाधा अङ्ग तद् आहरेति । तद् धावमृश्य न विवेद
lavaṇam etad udake 'vadhāyātha mā prātar upasīdathā iti | sa ha tathā cakāra | taṃ hovāca | yad doṣā lavaṇam udake 'vādhā aṅga tad āhareti | tad dhāvamṛśya na viveda
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
'Place this salt in water, and then wait on me in the morning.' The son did as he was commanded. The father said to him: 'Bring me the salt, which you placed in the water last night.' The son having looked for it, found it not, for, of course, it was melted.
Translated by F. Max Müller