Hitopadesha 1.37

1.37

saṃhatās tu haranty ete mama jālaṃ vihaṅgamāḥ |
yadā tu nipatiṣyanti vaśam eṣyanti me tadā //

“United, these birds carry off my net, / but when they fall down, then they will come into my power.”

1.37.p1

tatas teṣu cakṣur viṣayam atikrānteṣu pakṣiṣu sa vyādho nivṛttaḥ | atha lubdhakaṃ nivṛttaṃ dṛṣṭvā kapotā ūcuḥ-svāmin ! kim idānīṃ kartum ucitam ?

Then, when the birds passed beyond the range of his vision, the hunter turned back. Now, seeing the hunter turned back, the doves said: “Master! What is proper to be done now?”

"What is the next thing to be done, O King?"