Verse 6.15.10

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

अज्ञानाद् ब्राह्मणस्यापि
गां ददौ ब्राह्मणाय सः
तेन पापेन कूपे वै
कृकलास-वपुर्-धरः

ajñānād brāhmaṇasyāpi
gāṃ dadau brāhmaṇāya saḥ
tena pāpena kūpe vai
kṛkalāsa-vapur-dharaḥ

ajñānāt—from ignorance; brāhmaṇasya—of a brāhmaṇa; api—also; gām—a cow; dadau—gave; brāhmaṇāya—to a brāhmaṇa; saḥ—he; tena—by that; pāpena—sin; kūpe—in a well; vai—indeed; kṛkalāsa—of a lizard; vapuḥ—the form; dharaḥ—manifesting.

English translation of verse 6.15.10:

Unaware of what he was doing, King Nṛga gave in charity to a brāhmaṇa a cow that belonged to another brāhmaṇa. For this sin he became a lizard in a well.