मृत्युदूत: कपोतोऽयमुलूक: कम्पयन् मन: । प्रत्युलूकश्च कुह्वानैर्विश्वं वै शून्यमिच्छत: ॥ १४ ॥
mrtyu-dutah kapoto ’yam ulukah kampayan manah pratyulukas ca kuhvanair visvam vai sunyam icchatah
- mrtyu
- death
- dutah
- messenger of
- kapotah
- pigeon
- ayam
- this
- ulukah
- owl
- kampayan
- trembling
- manah
- mind
- pratyulukah
- the rivals of owls (crows)
- ca
- and
- kuhvanaih
- shrieking scream
- visvam
- the cosmos
- vai
- either
- sunyam
- void
- icchatah
- wishing.
Just see! This pigeon is like a messenger of death. The shrieks of the owls and their rival crows make my heart tremble. It appears that they want to make a void of the whole universe.