यं यं वाञ्छति सा राजन् तर्पयन्त्यनुकम्पिता । तं तं समनयत् कामं कृच्छ्रेणाप्यजितेन्द्रिय: ॥ ५६ ॥
yaṁ yaṁ vāñchati sā rājan tarpayanty anukampitā taṁ taṁ samanayat kāmaṁ kṛcchreṇāpy ajitendriyaḥ
- yam yam
- whatever
- vāñchati
- would want
- sā
- she
- rājan
- O King
- tarpayantī
- pleasing
- anukampitā
- being shown mercy
- tam tam
- that
- samanayat
- brought
- kāmam
- her desire
- kṛcchreṇa
- with difficulty
- api
- even
- ajita-indriyaḥ
- having never learned to control his senses
Whenever she desired anything, O King, the she-pigeon would flatteringly cajole her husband, and he in turn would gratify her by faithfully doing whatever she wanted, even with great personal difficulty. Thus, he could not control his senses in her association.