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सासज्जत सिचस्तन्त्र्यां महिष्यः कालयन्त्रिता ।
कुलिङ्गस्तां तथापन्नां निरीक्ष्य भृशदुःखितः ।
स्नेहादकल्पः कृपणः कृपणां पर्यदेवयत् ॥ ५२ ॥
 
sasajjata sicas tantryam
mahisyah kala-yantrita
kuliṅgas tam tathapannam
niriksya bhrsa-duhkhitah
snehad akalpah krpanah
krpanam paryadevayat
sa-the female bird; asajjata-trapped; sicah-of the net; tantryam-in the rope; mahisyah-O queens; kala-yantrita-being forced by time; kuliṅgah-the male kuliṅga bird; tam-her; tatha-in that condition; apannam-captured; niriksya-seeing; bhrsa-duhkhitah-very unhappy; snehat-out of affection; akalpah-unable to do anything; krpanah-the poor bird; krpanam-the poor wife; paryadevayat-began to lament for.