yena sadyo jāto 'pi vānarādiśiśuravapātapatanaprabhavaduḥkhān maraṇabhīto mātur atīva kroḍamāśliṣyate prapātādisthānaṃ ca pariharati /
[We see how] even a newly-born infant of monkeys and other [animals], afraid of death [and] of suffering caused by falling from heights, clings very tightly to its mother's lap and avoids places with precipices.