CC Madhya 24.241 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

Madhya-līlā 24.240 - Madhya-līlā 24.242

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

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