CC Madhya 24.241
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
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?'