बको भवति) हृत्वा)-अग्निं गृहकारी ह्य् उपस्करम् । रक्तानि हृत्वा) वासांसि जायते) जीवजीवकः ॥
bako bhavati) hṛtvā)-agniṃ gṛhakārī hy upaskaram | raktāni hṛtvā) vāsāṃsi jāyate) jīvajīvakaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
For stealing fire he becomes a heron, for stealing householdmtensils a mason-wasp, for stealing dyed clothes a francolin-partridge;
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.