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Chapter 2: Hiraṇyakaśipu, King of the Demons

Verse 52 of 55
SB 7.2.52

सासज्जत सिचस्तन्त्र्यां महिष्यः कालयन्त्रिता कुलिंगस्तां तथापन्नां निरीक्ष्य भृशदुःखितः स्नेहादकल्पः कृपणः कृपणां पर्यदेवयत्

sāsajjata sicas tantryāṁ mahiṣyaḥ kāla-yantritā kuliṅgas tāṁ tathāpannāṁ nirīkṣya bhṛśa-duḥkhitaḥ snehād akalpaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ kṛpaṇāṁ paryadevayat

Synonyms

sā—the female bird; asajjata—trapped; sicaḥ—of the net; tantryām—in the rope; mahiṣyaḥ—O queens; kāla-yantritā—being forced by time; kuliṅgaḥ—the male kuliṅga bird; tām—her; tathā—in 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 kuliṅga 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.

Verse 52 of 55