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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 18]
gate rājani —after the departure of the King;  sā —she (Devayānī);  dhīre —learned;  tatra sma —returning to her home;  rudatī —crying;  pituḥ —before her father;  nyavedayat —submitted;  tataḥ —thereafter;  sarvam —all;  uktam —mentioned;  śarmiṣṭhayā —by Śarmiṣṭhā;  kṛtam —done.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, when the learned King returned to his palace, Devayānī returned home crying and told her father, Śukrācārya, about all that had happened because of Śarmiṣṭhā. She told how she had been thrown into the well but was saved by the King.
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दुर्मना भगवान् काव्यः पौरोहित्यं विगर्हयन् । स्तुवन् वृत्तिं च कापोतीं दुहित्रा स ययौ पुरात् ॥२५॥
durmanā bhagavān kāvyaḥ paurohityaṁ vigarhayan stuvan vṛttiṁ ca kāpotīṁ duhitrā sa yayau purāt
durmanāḥ —being very unhappy;  bhagavān —the most powerful;  kāvyaḥ —Śukrācārya;  paurohityam —the business of priesthood;  vigarhayan —condemning;  stuvan —praising;  vṛttiṁ —the profession;  ca —and;  kāpotīṁ —of collecting grains from the field;  duhitrā —with his daughter;  saḥ —he (Śukrācārya);  yayau —went;  purāt —from his own residence.
TRANSLATION
As Śukrācārya listened to what had happened to Devayānī, his mind was very much aggrieved. Condemning the profession of priesthood and praising the profession of uñcha-vṛtti [collecting grains from the fields], he left home with his daughter.
PURPORT
When a  brāhmaṇa  adopts the profession of a  kapota , or pigeon, he lives by collecting grains from the field. This is called  uñcha-vṛtti . A