उद्यानवल्लीनिलयैर्विटङ्कनिलयैरपि । अक्षुब्धपक्षततिभिर्विहङ्गैर्विरतारवैः ॥ ९ ॥
udyānavallīnilayairviṭaṅkanilayairapi | akṣubdhapakṣatatibhirvihaṅgairviratāravaiḥ || 9 ||
Translation
by the birds that live in the creepers of the gardens and in the dovecotes, their spread wings unstirring, their calls ceased;
Word by word
- udyāna
- of the gardens
- vallī
- in the creepers
- nilayair
- (nilayaiḥ) that live
- viṭaṅka
- in the dovecotes
- api
- and
- akṣubdha
- unstirring
- pakṣa
- of wings
- tatibhir
- (tatibhiḥ) their spread
- vihaṅgair
- (vihaṅgaiḥ) by the birds
- virata
- ceased
- āravaiḥ
- their calls
Meaning
Even the free birds, those in the garden creepers and in the dovecotes at the tops of the buildings (viṭaṅka, the commentary says the roosts of pigeons), stopped. Their wings (pakṣa-tati, "the spread of the wings") did not stir and their calls (āravāḥ) ceased. The caged birds of verse 7 and the free birds here listen alike. The reader may hear in it a small parable: bound or free, every creature attends when what is said concerns it.