Note 2 — The Lion and the Turtle
H. (Henry) Parker translation
Apparently this is Kūrma, turtle + marsha, √mṛish. The meaning would be “Permit the Turtle” (to precede you). In The Orientalist, vol. i, p. 87, in which this part of the story is also given, it is stated that there is a saying, Kūrmaya prativādena sin̥hasya maraṇan̥ yathā, “As the death of the lion by the reply [? Kūrmarsha] of the turtle.” ↑