The lady pigeon had always allowed herself to be bound by the ropes of intense material affection, and thus her mind was overwhelmed by anguish. Being in the grip of the illusory energy of the Lord, she completely forgot herself, and rushing forward to her helpless children, she was immediately bound in the hunter’s net.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
सासकृत्स्नेहगुणिता दीनचित्ताजमायया । स्वयं चाबध्यत शिचा बद्धान् पश्यन्त्यपस्मृतिः
sāsakṛtsnehaguṇitā dīnacittājamāyayā | svayaṃ cābadhyata śicā baddhān paśyantyapasmṛtiḥ
SB 11.7.66