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॥ च्छ्रितेषिद्धेशः । পশুক্তে-তাহার প্রভুত্ব হইল অনন্তর সে স্বকীয় জাতিতে পরি বৃত হইয়া মহন্তু সাধন করিল ভাহার পর সে ব্যাঘ্ৰ সিংহাদি উৎকৃষ্ট পরিজনকে পাইয়ু সভাতে শৃগালের দিগকে দেখিয়া সজ্জিত হইয়া সকল জ্ঞাতিকে অপমান করিয়া দূর করিল তদনন্তর শৃগালের দিগকে বিনা দেখিয় কোন বৃদ্ধ জল্লুক এই প্রভিজ্ঞ করিল তোমরা বিষম হইও ন । I am now of the finest colour ! what great exaltation may I not bring about for myself” Saying this, he called a number of jackals together, and addressed them in the following words:-Know that I have lately been sprinkled king of the forest, by the hands of the goddess herself who presides over these woods, with a water drawn from avariety of• choice herbs. Observe my colour, and beşe forward let every business be transacted according to iny orders. The rest of the jackals, seeing him of such a fine complexion, prostrated themselves before him, and said,—According as your highuess commands ! By this step he made himself honoured by his own relations, and so gained the supreme power over those of his own species, as well as all the other inhabitants of the forest. But after a while, finding himself surrounded by a levee of the first quality, such as the tiger and the like, he began to look down upon his relations; and, at length, he kept them at a distance. A certain old jackal perceiving that his brethren were very unuch cast down at this behaviour, cried, -Do uot despair 黨