120 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 2
evam kulingam vilapantam arat
priya-viyogaturam asru-kantham
sa eva tar Sakunikah Sarena
vivyadha kdla-prahito vilinah
evam—thus; kuliigam—the bird; vilapantam—while lamenting;
Grat—from a distance; priyd-viyoga—because of the loss of his wife;
Gturam—very aggrieved; asru-kantham—with tears in the eyes; sah—
he (that hunter); eva—indeed; tam—him (the male bird); sakunikah—
who could kill even a vulture; Sarena—by an arrow; vivyddha—
pierced; kala-prahitah—being moved by time; vilinah—hidden.
TRANSLATION
Because of the loss of his wife, the kulinga 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 kulinga bird and
killed him.
TEXT 57
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Fi mreery Taree: Va TITAT UI4II
evam yilyam apasyantya
atmapayam abuddhayah
nainam prapsyatha socantyah
patim varsa-Satair api
evam—thus; yiiyam—you; apasyantyah—not seeing; dtma-
apadyam—own death; abuddhayah—O ignorant ones; na—not; enam—
him; prapsyatha—you will obtain; socantyah—lamenting for; patim—
your husband; varsa-sataih—for a hundred years; api—even.
TRANSLATION
Thus Yamaraja, 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
