दुःखे निपतितं घोरे विहङ्गः सागरे यथा ।स्वबन्धास्थं जगज्जाले शून्ये गन्धर्वपत्तने
In plain words
fallen into a dreadful suffering, as a bird might fall into the ocean; held fast in its own bondage, within the net of the world — a world as empty as a mirage-city of the Gandharvas —