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SB 11.7.63

Devanāgarī

द‍ृष्ट्वा तान् लुब्धक: कश्चिद् यद‍ृच्छातो वनेचर: । जगृहे जालमातत्य चरत: स्वालयान्तिके ॥ ६३ ॥

Text

dṛṣṭvā tān lubdhakaḥ kaścid yadṛcchāto vane-caraḥ jagṛhe jālam ātatya carataḥ svālayāntike

Synonyms

dṛṣṭvā—seeing;tān—them, the young birds;lubdhakaḥ—hunter;kaścit—a certain;yadṛcchātaḥ—at random;vane—in the forest;caraḥ—passing;jagṛhe—he seized;jālam—his net;ātatya—having spread out;carataḥ—who were moving about;sva-ālaya-antike—in the vicinity of their own home.

Translation

At that time a certain hunter who happened to be wandering through the forest saw the young pigeons moving about near their nest. Spreading out his net he captured them all.

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