Arthashastra

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क्रौञ्चो विष अभ्याशे माद्यति, ग्लायति जीवं जीवकः, म्रियते मत्त कोकिलः, चकोरस्य अक्षिणी विरज्येते ॥

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.

english translation

krauJco viSa abhyAze mAdyati, glAyati jIvaM jIvakaH, mriyate matta kokilaH, cakorasya akSiNI virajyete ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript