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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 160

jiyāite pāre yadi, tabe māre prāṇī
veda-purāṇe āche hena ājñā-vāṇī

SYNONYMS

jiyāite—to rejuvenate; pāre—one is able; yadi—if; tabe—then; māre—can kill; prāṇī—living being; veda-purāṇe—in the Vedas and Purāṇas; āche—there are; hena—such; ājñā-vāṇī—orders and injunctions.

TRANSLATION

“In the Vedas and Purāṇas there are injunctions declaring that if one can revive a living being, one can kill it for experimental purposes.