CC Madhya 24.241 (1996)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

Madhya-līlā 24.240 - Madhya-līlā 24.242

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 241

nārada kahe,—"yadi jīve māra' tumi bāṇa

ardha-mārā kara kene, nā lao parāṇa?"

SYNONYMS

nārada kahe — Nārada Muni said; yadi — if; jīve — in the animals; māra — pierce; tumi — you; bāṇa — your arrows; ardha-mārā kara — you half-kill; kene — why; nā lao parāṇa — don’t you take their lives completely.

TRANSLATION

"Nārada Muni then inquired, 'Why did you not kill the animals completely? Why did you half-kill them by piercing their bodies with arrows?'

Madhya-līlā 24.240 - Madhya-līlā 24.242