एवं कुलिङ्गं विलपन्तमारात् प्रियावियोगातुरमश्रुकण्ठम् । स एव तं शाकुनिक: शरेण विव्याध कालप्रहितो विलीन: ॥ ५६ ॥
evam kulingam vilapantam arat priya-viyogaturam asru-kantham sa eva tam sakunikah sarena vivyadha kala-prahito vilinah
- evam
- thus
- kulingam
- the bird
- vilapantam
- while lamenting
- arat
- from a distance
- priya-viyoga
- because of the loss of his wife
- aturam
- very aggrieved
- asru-kantham
- with tears in the eyes
- sah
- he (that hunter)
- eva
- indeed
- tam
- him (the male bird)
- sakunikah
- who could kill even a vulture
- sarena
- by an arrow
- vivyadha
- pierced
- kala-prahitah
- being moved by time
- vilinah
- hidden.
Because of the loss of his wife, the kulinga bird lamented with tears in his eyes. Meanwhile, following the dictations of mature time, the hunter, who was very carefully hidden in the distance, released his arrow, which pierced the body of the kulinga bird and killed him.