Canto 7: The Science of GodChapter 2: Hiraṇyakaśipu, King of the Demons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.2.52

sāsajjata sicas tantryāḿ

mahiṣyaḥ kāla-yantritā

kulińgas tāḿ tathāpannāḿ

nirīkṣya bhṛśa-duḥkhitaḥ

snehād akalpaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ

kṛpaṇāḿ paryadevayat

SYNONYMS

— the female bird; asajjata — trapped; sicaḥ — of the net; tantryāmin the rope; mahiṣyaḥO queens; kāla-yantritā — being forced by time; kulińgaḥ — the male kulińga bird; tām — her; tathāin that condition; āpannām — captured; nirīkṣya — seeing; bhṛśa-duḥkhitaḥ — very unhappy; snehāt — out of affection; akalpaḥ — unable to do anything; kṛpaṇaḥ — the poor bird; kṛpaṇām — the poor wife; paryadevayat — began to lament for.

TRANSLATION

O queens of Suyajña, the male kulińga bird, seeing his wife put into the greatest danger in the grip of Providence, became very unhappy. Because of affection, the poor bird, being unable to release her, began to lament for his wife.

<<< >>>

Buy Online Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness