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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.240
পথে যে শূকর-মৃগ, জানি তোমার হয় ।”
ব্যাধ কহে, — “যেই কহ, সেই ত’ নিশ্চয়” ॥ ২৪০ ॥
pathe ye śūkara-mṛga, jāni tomāra haya”
vyādha kahe, — “yei kaha, sei ta’ niścaya”
“ ‘I was wondering whether all the boars and other animals that are half-killed belong to you.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nārada asked whether the boars and other half-killed animals belonged to the hunter.
His question directly drew attention to the animals’ condition.
The hunter confirmed Nārada’s words, replying, “Yes, what you are saying is so.”
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:
He then concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.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.
Am I willing to acknowledge my connection to harm rather than avoid the question?
Reflect on one action today that affected another living entity, and honestly acknowledge its effect.
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