CC Antya 1.22

Antya-līlā, Chapter 1, Text 22

কুক্কুর নাহি পায় ভাত শুনি’ দুঃখী হৈলা ।
কুক্কুর চাহিতে দশ-মনুষ্য পাঠাইলা ॥ ২২ ॥

kukkura nāhi pāya bhāta śuni’ duḥkhī hailā
kukkura cāhite daśa-manuṣya pāṭhāilā

Word by word

kukkura — the dog; nāhi — did not; pāya — get; bhāta — rice; śuni’ — hearing; duḥkhī hailā — Śivānanda Sena became very unhappy; kukkura cāhite — to look for the dog; daśa-manuṣya — ten men; pāṭhāilā — sent.

Translation

When he learned that the dog had not been supplied food in his absence, he was very unhappy. He then immediately sent ten men to find the dog.