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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 18]
TRANSLATION
You beggar, since you don't understand your position, why should you unnecessarily talk so much? Don't all of you wait at our house, depending on us for your livelihood like crows?
PURPORT
Crows have no independent life; they fully depend on the remnants of foodstuffs thrown by householders into the garbage tank. Therefore, because a  brāhmaṇa  depends on his disciples, when Śarmiṣṭhā was heavily rebuked by Devayānī she charged Devayānī with belonging to a family of crowlike beggars. It is the nature of women to fight verbally at even a slight provocation. As we see from this incident, this has been their nature for a long, long time.
TEXT 17
एवंविधैः सुपरुषैः क्षिप्ताचार्यसुतां सतीम् । शर्मिष्ठा प्राक्षिपत् कूपे वासश्चादाय मन्युना ॥१७॥
evam-vidhaiḥ suparuṣaiḥ kṣiptvācārya-sutām satīm śarmiṣṭhā prākṣipat kūpe vāsaś cādāya manyunā
evam-vidhaiḥ—such; su-paruṣaiḥ—by unkind words; kṣiptvā—after chastising; ācārya-sutām—the daughter of Śukrācārya; satīm—Devayānī; śarmiṣṭhā—Śarmiṣṭhā; prākṣipat—threw (her); kūpe—into a well; vāsaḥ—the garments; ca—and; ādāya—taking away; manyunā—because of anger.
TRANSLATION
Using such unkind words, Śarmiṣṭhā rebuked Devayānī, the daughter of Śukrācārya. In anger, she took away Devayānī's garments and threw Devayānī into a well.
TEXT 18
तस्यां गतायां स्वगृहं ययातिर्मृगयां चरन् । प्राप्तो यदृच्छया कूपे जलार्थी तां ददर्श ह ॥१८॥