कथं त्वजातपक्षांस्तान् मातृहीनान् बिभर्म्यहम् । मन्दभाग्या: प्रतीक्षन्ते नीडे मे मातरं प्रजा: ॥ ५५ ॥
katham tv ajata-paksams tan matr-hinan bibharmy aham manda-bhagyah pratiksante nide me mataram prajah
- katham
- how
- tu
- but
- ajata-paksan
- who have not grown wings to fly
- tan
- them
- matr-hinan
- bereft of their mother
- bibharmi
- shall maintain
- aham
- I
- manda-bhagyah
- very unfortunate
- pratiksante
- they await
- nide
- in the nest
- me
- my
- mataram
- their mother
- prajah
- baby birds.
The unfortunate baby birds, bereft of their mother, are waiting in the nest for her to feed them. They are still very small and have not yet grown their wings. How shall I be able to maintain them?