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सो ऽपि दिव्य-तनुर् भूत्वा यथार्थम् इदम् अब्रवीत् ।
अहो माम् अनुगच्छन्त्या कृतं साधु शुभे त्वया ॥ १८१ ॥

so 'pi divya-tanur bhūtvā yathārtham idam abravīt |
aho mām anugacchantyā kṛtaṃ sādhu śubhe tvayā || 3.181 ||

The male bird, who also obtained divinely body addressed his wife with words of consolation; by following your husband, oh auspicious one! You have taken the best course of action.

तिस्रः कोट्यो ऽर्ध-कोटी च यानि रोमाणि मानुषे ।
तावत् कालं वसेत् स्वर्गे भर्तारं यानुगच्छति ॥ १८२ ॥
tisraḥ koṭyo 'rdha-koṭī ca yāni romāṇi mānuṣe |
tāvat kālaṃ vaset svarge bhartāraṃ yānugacchati || 3.182 ||
There grow upon a man alive
Some thirty million hairs and five;
So many years in heaven spend
Wives following husbands to the end.- Translation by A.W.Ryder

कपोत-देहः सूर्यास्ते प्रत्यहं सुखम् अन्वभूत् ।
कपोत-देहवत्सासीत् प्राक् पुण्य-प्रभवं हितम् ॥ १८३ ॥

kapota-dehaḥ sūryāste pratyahaṃ sukham anvabhūt |
kapota-dehavatsāsīt prāk puṇya-prabhavaṃ hitam || 3.183 ||

With their own pigeon bodies, for eternity, day after day they enjoyed happily; this happened to them due to their previous meritorious deeds.

हर्षाविष्टस् ततो व्याधो विवेश च वनं धनम् ।
प्राणि-हिंसां परित्यज्य बहु-निर्वेदवान् भृशम् ॥ १८४ ॥
harṣāviṣṭas tato vyādho viveśa ca vanaṃ dhanam |
prāṇi-hiṃsāṃ parityajya bahu-nirvedavān bhṛśam || 3.184 ||
Feeling happiness over the turn of events the hunter then entered a dense forest; forsaking cruelty to animals, he started meditating and became highly disgusted with the world.

तत्र दावानलं दृष्ट्वा विवेश विरताशयः ।
निर्दग्ध-कल्मषो भूत्वा स्वर्ग-सौख्यम् अवाप्तवान् ॥ १८५ ॥

tatra dāvānalaṃ dṛṣṭvā viveśa viratāśayaḥ |
nirdagdha-kalmaṣo bhūtvā svarga-saukhyam avāptavān || 3.185 ||

And there he saw a forest fire and entered it free from all his desires; with all of his sins burnt away, he also went to heaven, there to stay.

Thus concluded Krooraaksha's advice to the owl king Arimardhana; suggesting asylum to the crow rather than killing him.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH