verse 124

Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

आश्रितश् चातकीं वृत्तिं देह-पातावधि द्विज
द्वयस्यार्थं भावयता स्थेयम् इत्य् एव मे मतिः

āśritaś cātakīṃ vṛttiṃ deha-pātāvadhi dvija
dvayasyārthaṃ bhāvayatā stheyam ity eva me matiḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

āśritaḥ—taken shelter; cātakīm—of a cataki bord; vṛttim—the activity; deha-pātāvadhi—under the body dies; dvija—O brāhmaṇa; dvayasya—of both; artham—for the sake; bhāvayatā—serving; stheyam—to be done; iti—thus; eva—inded; me—of me; matiḥ—the opinion.

English translation of verse:

O brāhmaṇa, one should always serve the Lord and His devotees. Until the moment of one's death one should follow the example of the cātakī bird.