dṛṣṭvā - seeing; tān - them, the young birds; lubdhakaḥ - hunter; kaścit - a certain; yadṛcchātaḥ - at random; vane - in the forest; caraḥ - passing; jagṛhe - he seized; jālam - his net; ātatya - having spread out; carataḥ - who were moving about; sva-ālaya-antike - in the vicinity of their own home.

At that time a certain hunter who happened to be wandering through the forest saw the young pigeons moving about near their nest. Spreading out his net he captured them all.