तस्मै तृणं निदधावेतदादत्स्वेति तदुपप्रेयाय सर्वजवेन तन्न शशाकादतुं स तत एव निववृते नैतदशकं विज्ञातुं यदेतद्यक्षमिति ॥ १०॥

tasmai tṛṇaṃ nidadhāvetadādatsveti tadupapreyāya sarvajavena tanna śaśākādatuṃ sa tata eva nivavṛte naitadaśakaṃ vijñātuṃ yadetadyakṣamiti ॥ 10॥

tasmai (m. dat. sing. pron. tad): for him. tṛṇam (n. acc. sing. tṛṇa): grass, herb, straw. nidadhau (3 rd sing. pf. P. ni √dhā): put down. etat (n. acc. sing. etad): this, it. ādatsva (2 nd sing. ipv. Ᾱ ā √dā): take! carry off! iti (ind.): thus; an indication that the previous words were said or thought. tat (n. acc. sing. pron. tad): that, it. upapreyāya (3 rd sing. pf. P. upa pra √i): went near, approached, rushed upon. sarva-javena (mn. inst. sing. sarva-java, KD. comp.): with all-swiftness. sarva (pronominal adj.): whole, entire, all, every, everything. javena (mn. inst. sing. java; from √jū ): by swiftness, with swiftness. tat (n. acc. sing. pron. tad): that, it. na (ind.): not. śaśaka (1 st sing. pf. P. √śak): was capable, was able. ādātum (inf. a √dā): to take; to carry off. saḥ (m. nom. sing. pron. tad): he. tataḥ (n. abl. sing. pron. tat): from that, from it. eva (ind.): so, indeed, truly, only. nivavṛte (3 rd sing. pf. Ᾱ. ni √vṛt): turned back, stopped. na (ind.): not. etat (n. acc. sing. pron. etad): this. aśakam (n. nom. sing. azaka; from a √zak): unable, incapable. vijñātum (inf. vi √jñā): to distinguish, discern. yat (n. nom. sing. relative pron. yad): which, what, that. etat (n. acc. sing. pron. etad): this. yakṣam (n. nom. sing. yakṣa): spirit, ghost. iti (ind.): thus; an indication that the previous words were said or thought.