Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 7: Lord Krishna Instructs Uddhava

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.7.67

kapotah svātmajān baddhān

ātmano 'py adhikān priyān

bhāryām cātma-samām dīno

vilalāpāti-duhkhitah

SYNONYMS

kapotah — the male pigeon; sva-ātma-jān — his own children; baddhān — bound up; ātmanah — than himself; api — even; adhikānmore; priyān — dear; bhāryām — his wife; ca — and; ātma-samām — equal to himself; dīnah — the unfortunate fellow; vilalāpa — lamented; ati-duhkhitah — most unhappy.

TRANSLATION

Seeing his own children, who were more dear to him than life itself, fatally bound in the hunter's net along with his dearmost wife, whom he considered equal in every way to himself, the poor male pigeon began to lament wretchedly.

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