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?'