Devanagari
सासज्जत सिचस्तन्त्र्यां महिष्य: कालयन्त्रिता ।
कुलिङ्गस्तां तथापन्नां निरीक्ष्य भृशदु:खित: ।
स्नेहादकल्प: कृपण: कृपणां पर्यदेवयत् ॥ ५२ ॥
Verse text
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 Suyajṣa, 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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O queens of Suyajṣa! The female was caught in the ropes of the net. The male kuliṅga bird, seeing his wife captured, became very unhappy. Because of affection, the poor bird, being unable to release her, began to lament for his wife.
Sicas tantryām means the ropes of the net. Mahiṣyaḥ means “O queens!”