SB 3.17.10 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

सङ्गीतवद्रोदनवदुन्नमय्य शिरोधराम् । व्यमुञ्चन् विविधा वाचो ग्रामसिंहास्ततस्तत: ॥ १० ॥

Verse text

saṅgītavad rodanavad unnamayya śirodharām vyamuṣcan vividhā vāco grāma-siṁhās tatas tataḥ

Synonyms

saṅgīta — vat — like singing ; rodana — vat — like wailing ; unnamayya — raising ; śirodharām — the neck ; vyamuṣcan — uttered ; vividhāḥ — various ; vācaḥ — cries ; grāma — siṁhāḥ — the dogs ; tataḥ tataḥ — here and there .

Translation

Raising their necks, dogs cried here and there, now in the manner of singing and now of wailing.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Dogs here and there uttered cries sounding like singing and weeping while raising their heads up. Grāma-siṁhāḥ means dogs.