SB 11.7.57
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 57
kapotī prathamaṁ garbhaṁ
gṛhṇantī kāla āgate
aṇḍāni suṣuve nīḍe
sta-patyuḥ sannidhau satī
SYNONYMS
kapotī—the female pigeon; prathamam—her first; garbham—pregnancy; gṛhṇantī—carrying; kāle—when the time (for delivery); āgate-had come; aṇḍāni—eggs; suṣuve—she delivered; nīḍe—in the nest; sva-patyuḥ—of her husband; sannidhau—in the presence; satī—the chaste.
TRANSLATION
Then the female pigeon experienced her first pregnancy. When the time arrived, the chaste lady delivered a number of eggs within the nest in the presence of her husband.