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.

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.