OF CROWS AND OWLS- KAKOLUKIYAM-PTKU20

 SUBHASHITHANI:437

अन्येद्युर् भ्रमतस् तस्य वने कापि कपोतिका ।
जाता हस्त-गता तां स प्राक्षिपत् पञ्ज्चरान्तरे ॥ १३९ ॥
anyedyur bhramatas tasya vane kāpi kapotikā |
jātā hasta-gatā tāṃ sa prākṣipat pañjcarāntare || 3.139 ||
One day he came across a young female pigeon. She fell in to his trap and He threw it mercilessly into his cage.

अथ कृष्णा दिश: सर्वा वनस्थस्याभवन् घनैः।
वातवृष्टिश्च महती क्षयकाल इवाभवत् ॥ १४१ ॥
atha krishnā dishah sarvā vanasthasyābhavan ghanaihi |
vātavrishtishcha makati kshayakāla evābhavat || 3.140 ||
Suddenly, dark clouds appeared in all directions, and it started raining heavily, while the hunter was still in the forest. It became very windy more like at the time of pralaya.

ततः स त्रस्त-हृदयः कम्पमानो मुहुर् मुहुः ।
अन्वेषयन् परित्राणम् आससाद वनस्पतिम् ॥ १४१ ॥
tataḥ sa trasta-hṛdayaḥ kampamāno muhur muhuḥ |
anveṣayan paritrāṇam āsasāda vanaspatim || 3.141 ||
The hunter started trembling, shivering again and again in the cold and started searching for a shelter and arrived at a big tree.

मुहूर्तं पश्यते यावद् वियद् विमल-तारकम् ।
प्राप्य वृक्षं वदत्य् एवं यो ऽत्र तिष्ठति कश्चन ॥ १४२ ॥
muhūrtaṃ paśyate yāvad viyad vimala-tārakam |
prāpya vṛkṣaṃ vadaty evaṃ yo 'tra tiṣṭhati kaścana || 3.142 ||

तस्याहं शरणं प्राप्तः स परित्रातु माम् इति ।
शीतेन भिद्यमानं च क्षुधया गत-चेतनम् ॥ १४३ ॥
tasyāhaṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptaḥ sa paritrātu mām iti |
śītena bhidyamānaṃ ca kṣudhayā gata-cetanam || 3.143 ||

As he was resting, the skies cleared and twinkling stars appeared. The hunter prayed thus: “Whoever stays in this tree, I have sought his refuge. Let him protect me. I am suffering from biting cold and about to faint due to hunger.”

अथ तस्य तरोः स्कन्धे कपोतः सुचिरोषितः ।
भार्या-विरहितस् तिष्ठन् विललाप सुदुःखितः ॥ १४४ ॥
atha tasya taroḥ skandhe kapotaḥ suciroṣitaḥ |
bhāryā-virahitas tiṣṭhan vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ || 3.144 ||
There was a pigeon in the tree’s cavity, who was staying there for a long time; he was grieving and crying feeling the long absence of his wife.

वात-वर्षो महान् आसीन् न चागच्छति मे प्रिया ।
तया विरहितं ह्य् एतच् छून्यम् अद्य गृहं मम ॥ १४५ ॥
vāta-varṣo mahān āsīn na cāgacchati me priyā |
tayā virahitaṃ hy etac chūnyam adya gṛhaṃ mama || 3.145 ||
There has been heavy wind and torrential rain and my wife has not yet returned; without her presence the home looks void and empty.

पतिव्रता पति-प्राणा पत्युः प्रिय-हिते रता ।
यस्य स्याद् ईदृशी भार्या धन्यः स पुरुषो भुवि ॥ १४६ ॥
pativratā pati-prāṇā patyuḥ priya-hite ratā |
yasya syād īdṛśī bhāryā dhanyaḥ sa puruṣo bhuvi || 3.146 ||
He is a very fortunate man in this world whose wife is devoted and virtuous, loves him more than her own life, and concerned about his welfare all the time.

न गृहं गृहम् इत्य् आहुर् गृहिणी गृहम् उच्यते ।
गृहं तु गृहिणी-हीनम् अरण्य-सदृशं मतम् ॥ १४७ ॥
na gṛhaṃ gṛham ity āhur gṛhiṇī gṛham ucyate |
gṛhaṃ tu gṛhiṇī-hīnam araṇya-sadṛśaṃ matam || 3.147 ||
A house is not a house in the absence of a wife; without her it is as good as a forest.

இல்லதென் இல்லவள் மாண்பானால் உள்ளதென்
இல்லவள் மாணாக் கடை?.-Thirukural-53
If his wife be eminently virtuous, what does that man not possess? If she be without worth, what does he possess?

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH