Canonical Ref: BK 9.55
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
रोदिति स्मेव चाऽऽयाति तस्मिन्पक्षि-गणः शुचा । मुक्त-कण्ठं हतान्वृक्षान्बन्धून्बन्धोरिवाऽऽगमे ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
While he was coming , the hosts of birds bewailed full-throat the destroyed trees as if through grief, (just) as (one laments) for (annihilated) kinsmen on the arrival of a friend (well-wisher).
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 9.55. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.