Mātali, don’t ram the bird nests“Kulāvakā mātali simbalismiṁ,in the red silk-cotton woods with your draft-pole.Īsāmukhena parivajjayassu;I’d rather give up our lives to the titansKāmaṁ cajāma asuresu pāṇaṁ,than deprive these birds of their nests.Māme dijā vikkulāvā ahesun”ti.
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