Devanagari
तं लब्ध्वा लुब्धक: क्रूर: कपोतं गृहमेधिनम् ।
कपोतकान् कपोतीं च सिद्धार्थ: प्रययौ गृहम् ॥ ७२ ॥
Verse text
taṁ labdhvā lubdhakaḥ krūraḥ
kapotaṁ gṛha-medhinam
kapotakān kapotīṁ ca
siddhārthaḥ prayayau gṛham
Synonyms
tam
—
him
;
labdhvā
—
taking
;
lubdhakaḥ
—
the hunter
;
krūraḥ
—
cruel
;
kapotam
—
the pigeon
;
gṛha
—
medhinam — the materialistic householder
;
kapotakān
—
the pigeon children
;
kapotīm
—
the pigeon wife
;
ca
—
also
;
siddha
—
arthaḥ — having achieved his purposes
;
prayayau
—
he set off
;
gṛham
—
for his home .
Translation
The cruel hunter, having fulfilled his desire by capturing the head pigeon, his wife and all of their children, set off for his own home.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The cruel hunter, having fulfilled his desire by capturing the attached pigeon, his wife and all of their children, set off for his home.