तं दुर्हृदं सुहृद्रूपं कामिनं क्षणसौहृदम् । इन्द्रियाराममुत्सृज्य स्वामिनं दु:खिता ययौ ॥ ८ ॥
tam durhrdam suhrd-rupam kaminam ksana-sauhrdam indriyaramam utsrjya svaminam duhkhita yayau
- tam
- him (the he-goat)
- durhrdam
- cruel hearted
- suhrt-rupam
- pretending to be a friend
- kaminam
- very lusty
- ksana-sauhrdam
- having friendship for the time being
- indriya-aramam
- interested only in sense gratification or sensuality
- utsrjya
- giving up
- svaminam
- to her present husband, or to the former maintainer
- duhkhita
- being very much aggrieved
- yayau
- she left.
Aggrieved by her husband’s behavior with another, the she-goat thought that the he-goat was not actually her friend but was hardhearted and was her friend only for the time being. Therefore, because her husband was lusty, she left him and returned to her former maintainer.