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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.243
অর্ধ-মারা জীব যদি ধড়্ফড় করে ।
তবে ত’ আনন্দ মোর বাড়য়ে অন্তরে ॥” ২৪৩ ॥
ardha-mārā jīva yadi dhaḍ-phaḍa kare
tabe ta’ ānanda mora bāḍaye antare”
“ ‘When I see half-killed animals suffer, I feel great pleasure.’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The hunter says that seeing half-killed animals suffer gives him great pleasure.
His words reveal that the animals’ prolonged suffering is something he enjoys.
This admission helps explain why he leaves the animals half-dead rather than killing them completely.
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 ever find enjoyment in another being’s pain or distress?
Today, refrain from joining in any amusement that depends on another being’s suffering.
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