भगवन् O revered one, अहम् I, चापहस्तः bow in hand, कञ्चित् a certain, श्वापदम् wild animal, निपाने drinking at the water hole, आगतम् which has come, गजं च an elephant, जिघांसुः wishing to kill, सरयूतीरम् to the bank of river Sarayu, आगतः arrived.

Wishing to hunt a wild elephant coming down to the water hole for drinking, I went to the bank of Sarayu, bow in hand, O revered sage