छिद्यमानं यमैरेतै: कृतनीडं वनस्पतिम् । खग: स्वकेतमुत्सृज्य क्षेमं याति ह्यलम्पट: ॥ १५ ॥
chidyamānaṁ yamair etaiḥ kṛta-nīḍaṁ vanaspatim khagaḥ sva-ketam utsṛjya kṣemaṁ yāti hy alampaṭaḥ
- chidyamānam
- being cut down
- yamaiḥ
- by cruel men, who are like death personified
- etaiḥ
- by these
- kṛta-nīḍam
- in which he has constructed his nest
- vanaspatim
- a tree
- khagaḥ
- a bird
- sva-ketam
- his home
- utsṛjya
- giving up
- kṣemam
- happiness
- yāti
- achieves
- hi
- indeed
- alampaṭaḥ
- without attachment
Without attachment, a bird gives up the tree in which his nest was constructed when that tree is cut down by cruel men who are like death personified, and thus the bird achieves happiness in another place.