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कपोत: स्वात्मजान् बद्धानात्मनोऽप्यधिकान् प्रियान् ।
भार्यां चात्मसमां दीनो विललापातिदु:खित: ॥ ६७ ॥
kapotaḥ svātmajān baddhān
ātmano ’py adhikān priyān
bhāryāṁ cātma-samāṁ dīno
vilalāpāti-duḥkhitaḥ

Synonyms

kapotaḥthe male pigeon; sva-ātma-jānhis own children; baddhānbound up; ātmanaḥthan himself; apieven; adhikānmore; priyāndear; bhāryāmhis wife; caand; ātma-samāmequal to himself; dīnaḥthe unfortunate fellow; vilalāpalamented; ati-duḥkhitaḥmost 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.