Madhya 24.241

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TEXT

নারদ কহে, - "যদি জীবে মার' তুমি বাণ ।
অর্ধ-মারা কর কেনে, না লও পরাণ ?" ২৪১ ॥

narada kahe,-"yadi jive mara' tumi bana

ardha-mara kara kene, na lao parana?"

SYNONYMS

narada kahe-Narada Muni said; yadi-if; jive-in the animals; mara'-pierce; tumi-you; bana-your arrows; ardha-mara kara-you half-kill; kene-why; na lao parana-don't you take their lives completely.

TRANSLATION

"Narada Muni then inquired, 'Why did you not kill the animals completely? Why did you half-kill them by piercing their bodies with arrows?'

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