krikalasam -- a lizard; giri -- a mountain; nibham -- resembling; vikshya -- looking at; vismita -- astonished; manasah -- whose minds; tasya -- of it; ca -- and; uddharane -- in the lifting up; yatnam -- effort; cakruh -- made; te -- they; kripaya anvitah -- feeling compassion.

The boys were astonished to behold this creature, a lizard who looked like a hill. They felt sorry for it and tried to lift it out of the well.