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Kautilya's Arthashastra 1.20.8

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 1.20.8

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1.20.8

krauñco viṣābhyāśe mādyati, glāyati jīvaṃjīvakaḥ, mriyate mattakokilaḥ, cakorasyākṣiṇī virajyete //

The heron (crauncha) swoons in the vicinity of poison; the pheasant (jívanjívaka) feels distress; the youthful cuckoo (mattakókila) dies; the eyes of partridge (chakóra) are reddened.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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