Verse 5·VR 4.56.5
परंपराणाम् भक्षिष्ये वानराणाम् मृतम् मृतम् | उवाच एतत् वचः पक्षी तान् निरीक्ष्य प्लवंगमान् || ४-५६-५
tasya tat vacanam shrutvaa bhakSha lubdhasya pakShiNaH | a.ngadaH param aayasto hanuuma.ntam atha abraviit || 4-56-6
Translation
"I wish to eat them frugally, killing one by one and eating one by one, preying on one on one day, and then preying upon the other on the other day..." thus that bird spoke those words on seeing the massy fly-jumpers. [4-56-5]
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56
Sampaati Hears of Jatayu's Death
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