कपोती प्रथमं गर्भं गृह्णन्ती काल आगते । अण्डानि सुषुवे नीडे स्वपत्यु: सन्निधौ सती ॥ ५७ ॥
kapotī prathamaṁ garbhaṁ gṛhṇantī kāla āgate aṇḍāni suṣuve nīḍe sta-patyuḥ sannidhau satī
- kapotī
- the female pigeon
- prathamam
- her first
- garbham
- pregnancy
- gṛhṇantī
- carrying
- kāle
- when the time (for delivery)
- āgate
- had come
- aṇḍāni
- eggs
- suṣuve
- she delivered
- nīḍe
- in the nest
- sva-patyuḥ
- of her husband
- sannidhau
- in the presence
- satī
- the chaste
Then the female pigeon experienced her first pregnancy. When the time arrived, the chaste lady delivered a number of eggs within the nest in the presence of her husband.