CC Madhya 24.241

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

CC Madhya 24.240

CC Madhya 24.242

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?’