खगा वीतफलं वृक्षं भुक्त्वा चातिथयो गृहम् । दग्धं मृगास्तथारण्यं जारा भुक्त्वा रतां स्त्रियम् ॥ ८ ॥
khagā vīta-phalaṁ vṛkṣaṁ bhuktvā cātithayo gṛham dagdhaṁ mṛgās tathāraṇyaṁ jārā bhuktvā ratāṁ striyam
- khagāḥ
- birds
- vīta
- rid
- phalam
- of its fruits
- vṛkṣam
- a tree
- bhuktvā
- having eaten
- ca
- and
- atithayaḥ
- guests
- gṛham
- a house
- dagdham
- burned down
- mṛgāḥ
- animals
- tathā
- similarly
- araṇyam
- a forest
- jārāḥ
- paramours
- bhuktvā
- having enjoyed
- ratām
- attracted
- striyam
- a woman
Birds abandon a tree when its fruits are gone, guests a house after they have eaten, animals a forest that has burnt down, and a lover the woman he has enjoyed, even though she remains attached to him.