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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.234
কতদূরে দেখে ব্যাধ বৃক্ষে ওঁত হঞা ।
মৃগ মারিবারে আছে বাণ যুড়িয়া ॥ ২৩৪ ॥
kata-dūre dekhe vyādha vṛkṣe oṅta hañā
mṛga māribāre āche bāṇa yuḍiyā
“When Nārada Muni advanced farther, he saw a hunter behind a tree. This hunter was holding arrows, and he was ready to kill more animals.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nārada Muni went farther and saw a hunter behind a tree.
The hunter was holding arrows and was ready to kill more animals.
After seeing suffering animals, Nārada now encountered someone preparing to cause further harm.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this regard, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated a story about how the great sage Nārada converted a hunter into a great Vaiṣṇava, and how this was appreciated by Nārada’s friend Parvata Muni. Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I notice when my actions could cause suffering to other living entities?
Before one action today that affects an animal, pause and check whether it could cause harm.
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