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In plain words

"It is told in the Srimad Bhagavata that, of his twenty-four gurus, the Avadhuta made the kite one. In one place some fishermen were fishing; a kite swooped and carried off a fish. But at the sight of the fish nearly a thousand crows went chasing after the kite, crying caw, caw and making a great din. Whichever way the kite went with the fish, the crows went chasing that way too. The kite went to the south, and the crows went that way; then, when it went to the north, they went that way too. In this way the kite flew round to the east and to the west. At last, as it flew round and round in distress, the fish fell from it. Then the crows left the kite and went after the fish. Then the kite, free of care, went and sat on the branch of a tree. As it sat it began to think: It was that fish that had made all the commotion. Now the fish is not with me, and so I am free of care.