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विचित्रमिदमाश्चर्यं मृगहन्प्रतिभाति मे । प्लवमानौ हि खचरौ पदातिरनुधावसि॥५-६२-११॥
This appears strange and astonishing to me, O hunter: two airborne creatures are moving along, yet you, a man on foot, are pursuing them.
english translation
शाकुनिक उवाच । पाशमेकमुभावेतौ सहितौ हरतो मम । यत्र वै विवदिष्येते तत्र मे वशमेष्यतः॥५-६२-१२॥
The fowler said: ‘Those two together are carrying off a single snare of mine. Wherever they come to dispute with one another, there they will fall under my control.’
english translation
विदुर उवाच । तौ विवादमनुप्राप्तौ शकुनौ मृत्युसंधितौ । विगृह्य च सुदुर्बुद्धी पृथिव्यां संनिपेततुः॥५-६२-१३॥
Vidura said: Two birds, having fallen into a dispute and already bound to death, fought—both of poor judgment—and came down upon the ground.
english translation
तौ युध्यमानौ संरब्धौ मृत्युपाशवशानुगौ । उपसृत्यापरिज्ञातो जग्राह मृगयुस्तदा॥५-६२-१४॥
As those two fought in agitation, already moving under the control of death’s snare, an unseen hunter approached and then seized them.
english translation
एवं ये ज्ञातयोऽर्थेषु मिथो गच्छन्ति विग्रहम् । तेऽमित्रवशमायान्ति शकुनाविव विग्रहात्॥५-६२-१५॥
So too, those kinsmen who, over material interests, enter into conflict with one another come under the control of enemies—like the two birds, due to their quarrel.
english translation