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The great king of the Pañcālas, lord of chariots, hunting game,
went out together with his army and, parted from his company, came to the forest.
There in the wilderness he saw a hut that robbers had made,
and coming out from that hut the parrot speaks cruel words:
"A man furnished with a splendid carriage, young, with well-polished earrings,
is resplendent in his crimson turban; he shines like the very sun by day.
It is now high noon: the king lies asleep together with his charioteer.
Come! Let us at once seize all his ornaments.
All is solitary now, as in the dead of night: the king lies asleep together with his charioteer.
Let us take his garment and his jeweled earrings,
and having slain him, cover him over with branches."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.