क्वचिदुलूकझिल्लीस्वनवदतिपरुषरभसाटोपं प्रत्यक्षं परोक्षं वा रिपुराजकुलनिर्भर्त्सितेनातिव्यथितकर्णमूलहृदय: ॥ ११ ॥
kvacid uluka-jhilli-svanavad ati-parusa-rabhasatopam pratyaksam paroksam va ripu-raja-kula-nirbhartsitenati-vyathita-karna-mula-hrdayah.
- kvacit
- sometimes
- uluka
- of the owl
- jhilli
- and the cricket
- svana-vat
- exactly like intolerable sounds
- ati-parusa
- extremely piercing
- rabhasa
- by perseverance
- atopam
- agitation
- pratyaksam
- directly
- paroksam
- indirectly
- va
- or
- ripu
- of enemies
- raja-kula
- and of government officers
- nirbhartsitena
- by chastisement
- ati-vyathita
- very aggrieved
- karna-mula-hrdayah
- whose ear and heart.
Sometimes the conditioned soul is very aggrieved by the chastisement of his enemies and government servants, who use harsh words against him directly or indirectly. At that time his heart and ears become very saddened. Such chastisement may be compared to the sounds of owls and crickets.