स ह प्रातः संजिहान उवाच यद्वतान्नस्य लभेमहि लभेमहि धनमात्रां रा जासौ यक्ष्यते स मा सर्वैरात्विज्यैर्वृणीतेति ॥ ६ ॥मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति ॥ १० ॥
In plain words
Waking early in the morning, he said, 'If somehow we could secure food and a measure of wealth—for that king is about to perform a sacrifice, and he might choose me for all the priestly offices.' And then: 'Your head will shatter.'
Close to the Sanskrit
He indeed, rising early in the morning, spoke: 'Just as we might obtain food, might obtain some wealth, that king is going to sacrifice; he might choose me for all the priestly offices.' 'Your head will fall off.'