tan -- them; tatha -- also; eva -- indeed; avritan -- surrounded; sigbhih -- by the net; mrityu -- by death; grastan -- seized; viceshtatah -- stunned; svayam -- himself; ca -- also; kripanah -- wretched; sikshu -- within the net; pasyan -- while watching; api -- even; abudhah -- unintelligent; apatat -- he fell.

As the father pigeon wretchedly stared at his poor children trapped in the net and on the verge of death, pathetically struggling to free themselves, his mind went blank, and thus he himself fell into the hunter's net.