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kṛkalāsaṁ giri-nibhaṁ
vīkṣya vismita-mānasāḥ
tasya coddharaṇe yatnaṁ
cakrus te kṛpayānvitāḥ

kṛkalāsam — a lizard; giri — a mountain; nibham — resembling; vīkṣya — looking at; vismita — astonished; mānasāḥ — whose minds; tasya — of it; ca — and; uddharaṇe — in the lifting up; yatnam — effort; cakruḥ — made; te — they; kṛpayā anvitāḥ — feeling compassion.

The boys were astonished to behold this creature, a lizard who looked like a hill. They felt sorry for it and tried to lift it out of the well.

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