Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 7: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Uddhava

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.7.57

kapotī prathamaḿ garbhaḿ

gṛhṇantī kāla āgate

aṇḍāni suṣuve nīḍe

sta-patyuḥ sannidhau satī

SYNONYMS

kapotī — the female pigeon; prathamam — her first; garbham — pregnancy; gṛhṇantī — carrying; kāle — when the time (for delivery); āgatehad come; aṇḍāni — eggs; suṣuve — she delivered; nīḍein the nest; sva-patyuḥ — of her husband; sannidhauin the presence; satī — the chaste.

TRANSLATION

Then the female pigeon experienced her first pregnancy. When the time arrived, the chaste lady delivered a number of eggs within the nest in the presence of her husband.

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