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कपोतलुब्धकसंवाद (kapotalubdhakasaMvAda)

 
Mahabharata
English
[Kapota-lubdhaka-saṃvāda(ḥ)] (“the conversation between the dove and the fowler”). § 651b (Āpaddh.): Bhārgava related: A cruel fowler (description) was surprised in the forest by a great storm (description)
the paths of the forest were all submerged
he caught a she-pigeon and immured her in a cage
when the sky cleared he passed the night under a tree, having bowed down to the deities that had this tree for their resort (XII, 143). In one of the branches of that tree the male pigeon lamented the loss of his wife (XII, 144). The she-pigeon answered him from within the hunter's cage, telling him to do the duties of hospitality to the fowler (XII, 145). The male pigeon welcomed the fowler, who was stiff with cold, by igniting a fire
as the fowler was hungry, the pigeon (quoting Ṛ., D., and P.) himself entered the fire, at which the fowler became terrified, thinking of his own cruel life (XII, 146), expressed his repentance, and set at liberty the she-pigeon, etc. (XII, 147). The she-pigeon lamented for the death of her spouse
then she threw herself into the hlazing fire
the couple of pigeons ascended to heaven (XII, 148). The fowler took to rigid penances, perished in a forest conflagration, and beheld himself in heaven in splendour like Indra among Y. and G. and Si. (XII, 149).