eka-dina - one day; eka-sthāne - in one place; nadī - a river; pāra - crossing; haite - to do; uḍiyā nāvika - a boatman who was an Oriyā (Orissan); kukkura - the dog; nā caḍāya - does not allow to mount; naukāte - on the boat.

One day, when they needed to cross a river, an Orissan boatman would not allow the dog to get in the boat.