कुषुम्भकस् तद् अब्रवीद् गिरेः प्रवर्तमानकः । वृश्चिकस्यारसं विषम् अरसं वृश्चिक ते विषम् ॥
kuṣumbhakas tad abravīd gireḥ pravartamānakaḥ | vṛścikasyārasaṃ viṣam arasaṃ vṛścika te viṣam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Forth issuing from the mountain's side the poison-insect spake and said: Scorpion, they venom is but weak.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)