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CC Madhya 18.104 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 104

loka kahe,--rātrye kaivartya naukāte caḍiyā
kālīya-dahe matsya māre, deuṭī jvāliyā


SYNONYMS

loka kahe—the sensible respectable persons said; rātrye—at night; kaivartya—a fisherman; naukāte—on a boat; caḍiyā—getting up; kālīya-dahe—in the lake of Kālīya; matsya māre—catches fish; deuṭī jvāliyā—lighting a torch.


TRANSLATION

These respectable gentlemen replied, "At night in the Kālīya Lake a fisherman lighting a torch in his boat catches many fish.