The word vihagān can be taken as a metaphor for performers of austerities, who like birds (vihagān) residing in lonely gardens, are made to take up the practice of begging in the assembly where Your glories are sung, because they desire to hear about Your qualities. Or the word can be taken literally to mean “birds.” In that case, it can be a zealous statement of exaggeration, meaning “Even the birds residing in lonely gardens are made to take up the practice of begging to hear Your glories, such is the attraction of Your qualities.” This is similar to saying “In solitary places, even the stones cry, on hearing the stories of noble men who suffer.” (Uttara-carita, Raghunātha dāsa) That statement cannot be taken literally, and means “Hearts as hard as thunderbolts split, from hearing stories of suffering in lonely places.”