मुखं तदपिधायाज्ञ कङ्कगृध्रवटैर्वृत: । शयिष्यसे हतस्तत्र भविता शरणं शुनाम् ॥ ९ ॥
mukhaṁ tad apidhāyājña kaṅka-gṛdhra-vaṭair vṛtaḥ śayiṣyase hatas tatra bhavitā śaraṇaṁ śunām
- mukham
- face
- tat
- that
- apidhāya
- being covered
- ajña
- O ignorant man
- kaṅka
- by herons
- gṛdhra
- vultures
- vaṭaiḥ
- and vaṭa birds
- vṛtaḥ
- surrounded
- śayiṣyase
- you will lie
- hataḥ
- killed
- tatra
- thereupon
- bhavitā
- you will become
- śaraṇam
- shelter
- śunām
- for dogs
“When you lie dead, O fool, your face covered by vultures, herons and vaṭa birds, you will become the shelter of dogs.”