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कथं त्वजातपक्षांस्तान् मातृहीनान्बिभर्म्यहम् ।
मन्दभाग्याः प्रतीक्षन्ते नीडे मे मातरं प्रजाः ॥ ५५ ॥
 
katham tv ajata-paksams tan
matr-hinan bibharmy aham
manda-bhagyah pratiksante
nide me mataram prajah
katham-how; tu-but; ajata-paksan-who have not grown wings to fly; tan-them; matr-hinan-bereft of their mother; bibharmi-shall maintain; aham-I; manda-bhagyah-very unfortunate; pratiksante-they await; nide-in the nest; me-my; mataram-their mother; prajah-baby birds.