विनाशकामामहिताममित्रामावासयं मृत्युमिवात्मनस्त्वाम्।
चिरं बताङ्केन धृतासि सर्पी महाविषा तेन हतोऽस्मि मोहात्॥
vināśa-kāmām ahitām amitrām
āvāsayaṁ mṛtyum ivātmanas tvām
ciraṁ batāṅkena dhṛtāsi sarpī
mahā-viṣā tena hato ’smi mohāt
vināśa-kāmām = who desires to destroy me; ahitām = my ill-wishing; amitrām = enemy; āvāsayam = I have allowed to dwell [in my house]; mṛtyum = death; iva = like; ātmanaḥ = my; tvām = you; ciram = for a long time; bata = alas; aṅkena = on my lap; dhṛtā = that I kept; asi = you are; sarpī = snake; mahā-viṣā = a greatly poisonous; tena = and so; hataḥ = killed; asmi = I have been; mohāt = due to my delusion.
I have allowed you, my ill-wishing enemy who desires to destroy me like my death, to dwell [in my house]. Alas, you are a greatly poisonous snake that I kept for a long time on my lap due to my delusion, and so I have been killed.