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ŚB 11.7.57

Devanagari

कपोती प्रथमं गर्भं गृह्णन्ती काल आगते ।
अण्डानि सुषुवे नीडे स्वपत्यु: सन्निधौ सती ॥ ५७ ॥

Text

kapotī prathamaṁ garbhaṁ
gṛhṇantī kāla āgate
aṇḍāni suṣuve nīḍe
sta-patyuḥ sannidhau satī

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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.