विहङ्ग्या वैरविन्यस्ता वागुरा विपिनावनौ । क्लेशेन महता च्छिन्ना अधमा वासना इव ॥ ४४ ॥
vihaṅgyā vairavinyastā vāgurā vipināvanau | klēśēna mahatā cchinnā adhamā vāsanā iva || 44 ||
Translation
As a bird, the net set in hostility on the forest floor was torn with great pain, like the lowest tendencies.
Word by word
- vihaṅgyā
- as a bird
- vaira
- in hostility
- vinyastā
- set
- vāgurā
- the net
- vipina
- forest
- avanau
- on the floor
- klēśēna
- with pain
- mahatā
- great
- chinnā
- was torn
- adhamā
- the lowest
- vāsanā
- tendencies
- iva
- like
Meaning
Another commentary: as a bird she was caught in the hunters' net and freed with great pain, as one frees oneself from base tendencies only with great effort.