18.48
bada matsya bali’ ami uthailun yatane
mrtaka dekhite mora bhaya haila mane
SYNONYMS
bada—great; matsya—fish; bali’-thinking to be; ami—I; uthailun—lifted; yatane—with care; mrtaka—the dead body; dekhite—seeing; mora—my; bhaya-fear; haila—there was; mane—in the mind "I lifted it with great care, thinking it a big fish, but as soon as I saw that it was a corpse, great fear arose in my mind.