Verse 58

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In plain words

One night he lay asleep in his own house, out in his own courtyard, completely off his guard. A thief came up in the dark, greedy for the ornaments he was wearing—

Close to the Sanskrit

Once, being asleep and heedless in his own house, in his own courtyard — at night a thief, having come up, enticed by the ornaments...