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द्रुमेषु रंस्यन्सुतदारवत्सलो व्यवायदीनो विवशः स्वबन्धने ।
क्वचित्प्रमादाद्गिरिकन्दरे पतन् वल्लीं गृहीत्वा गजभीत आस्थितः ॥ १८ ॥
 
drumesu ramsyan suta-dara-vatsalo
vyavaya-dino vivasah sva-bandhane
kvacit pramadad giri-kandare patan
vallim grhitva gaja-bhita asthitah
drumesu-in the trees (or in houses standing like trees in which monkeys jump from one branch to another); ramsyan-enjoying; suta-dara-vatsalah-being attached to the children and wife; vyavaya-dinah-who is poor-hearted because of acting on the platform of sex desire; vivasah-unable to give up; sva-bandhane-in bondage to the reactions of one's own activities; kvacit-sometimes; pramadat-from fear of imminent death; giri-kandare-in a cave in a mountain; patan-falling down; vallim-the branches of a creeper; grhitva-capturing; gaja-bhitah-being afraid of the elephant of death; asthitah-remains in that position.