Verse 40·VR 4.30.40

त्यक्त्वा वराणि आत्म विभूषणानि बर्हाणि तीर उपगता नदीनाम् | निर्भर्त्स्यमाना इव सार ओघैः प्रयान्ति दीना विमना मयूराः || ४-३०-४०

vitraasya kaaraNDava cakravaakaan | mahaa ravaiH bhinna kaTaa gajendraaH | sarassu baddha aMbuja bhuuShaNeShu vikshobhya vikshobhya jalam pibanti || 4-30-41

Translation

"The excellent plumaged-tails that form their individual ornaments of peacocks are now cast out, and the plumeless peacocks on nearing the banks of rivers they look as if intimidated by the Saarasa birds, thus they had to turn back despondently and dispiritedly. [4-30-40]

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