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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 2]
the stars were covered by clouds, he mistook the cow for the tiger and mistakenly cut off the cows' head with great force.
TEXT 7
व्याघ्रोऽपि वृक्णश्रवणो निर्विशाग्राहतस्ततः । निश्चक्राम भृशं भीतो रक्तं पथि समुत्सृजन् ॥ ७ ॥
vyāghro 'pi vṛkṇa-śravaṇo nistriṁśāgrāhatas tataḥ niścakrāma bhṛśaṁ bhīto raktaṁ pathi samutsṛjan
vyāghraḥ —the tiger;  api —also;  vṛkṇa-śravaṇaḥ —its ear being cut off;  nistriṁśa-agra-āhataḥ —because of being cut by the tip of the sword;  tataḥ —thereafter;  niścakrāma —fled (from that place);  bhṛśaṁ —very much;  bhītaḥ —being afraid;  raktaṁ —blood;  pathi —on the road;  samutsṛjan —discharging.
TRANSLATION
Because the tiger's ear had been cut by the edge of the sword, the tiger was very afraid, and it fled from that place, while bleeding on the street.
TEXT 8
मन्यमानो हतं व्याघ्रं पृष्ठः परवीरहा । अद्राक्षीत् स्वहतां बभ्रुं व्युष्टायां निशि दुःखितः ॥८॥
manyamāno hataṁ vyāghraṁ pṛṣadhraḥ para-vīra-hā adrākṣīt sva-hatāṁ babhruṁ vyuṣṭāyāṁ niśi duḥkhitaḥ
manyamānaḥ —thinking that;  hataṁ —has been killed;  vyāghraṁ —the tiger;  pṛṣadhraḥ —Manu's son Pṛṣadhra;  para-vīra-hā —although quite able to punish the enemy;  adrākṣīt —saw;  sva-hatāṁ —had been