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CC Madhya 18.104



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 Kālīya Lake a fisherman lights a torch in his boat and catches many fish.