Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.7.71

tāḿs tathaivāvṛtān śigbhir

mṛtyu-grastān viceṣṭataḥ

svayaḿ ca kṛpaṇaḥ śikṣu

paśyann apy abudho 'patat

SYNONYMS

tān — them; tathā — also; eva — indeed; āvṛtān — surrounded; śigbhiḥ — by the net; mṛtyu — by death; grastān — seized; viceṣṭataḥ — stunned; svayam — himself; ca — also; kṛpaṇaḥ — wretched; śikṣu — within the net; paśyan — while watching; api — even; abudhaḥ — unintelligent; apatat — he fell.

TRANSLATION

As the father pigeon wretchedly stared at his poor children trapped in the net and on the verge of death, pathetically struggling to free themselves, his mind went blank, and thus he himself fell into the hunter's net.

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