Alas, renouncing all sorts of honourable occupation, I have become a fowler! A cruel wretch that I am, forsooth, this noble pigeon, by sacrificing his own life, has taught me a great lesson.
शुभं कर्म परित्यज्य सोऽहं शकुनिलुब्धकः। नृशंसस्य ममाद्यायं प्रत्यादेशो न संशयः॥ दत्तः स्वमांसं दहता कपोतेन महात्मना।