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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 2]
evaṁ kuliṅgaṁ vilapantam ārāt priyā-viyogāturam aśru-kaṇṭham sa eva taṁ śākunikaḥ śareṇa vivyādha kāla-prahito vilīnaḥ
evam—thus; kuliṅgam—the bird; vilapantam—while lamenting; ārāt—from a distance; priyā-viyoga—because of the loss of his wife; āturam—very aggrieved; aśru-kaṇṭham—with tears in the eyes; saḥ—he (that hunter); eva—indeed; tam—him (the male bird); śākunikaḥ—who could kill even a vulture; śareṇa—by an arrow; vivyādha—pierced; kāla-prahitaḥ—being moved by time; vilīnaḥ—hidden.
TRANSLATION
Because of the loss of his wife, the kuliṅga bird lamented with tears in his eyes. Meanwhile, following the dictations of mature time, the hunter, who was very carefully hidden in the distance, released his arrow, which pierced the body of the kuliṅga bird and killed him.
TEXT 57
एवं यूयमपश्यन्त्य आत्मापायमबुद्धयः । नैनं प्राप्स्यथ शोचन्त्यः पतिं वर्षशतैरपि ॥५७॥
evaṁ yūyam apaśyantya ātmāpāyam abuddhayaḥ nainaṁ prāpsyatha śocantyaḥ patiṁ varṣa-śatair api
evam—thus; yūyam—you; apaśyantyaḥ—not seeing; ātma-apāyam—own death; abuddhayaḥ—O ignorant ones; na—not; enam—him; prāpsyatha—you will obtain; śocantyaḥ—lamenting for; patim—your husband; varṣa-śataiḥ—for a hundred years; api—even.
TRANSLATION
Thus Yamarāja, in the guise of a small boy, told all the queens: You are all so foolish that you lament but do not see your own