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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.247
কালি হৈতে তুমি যেই মৃগাদি মারিবা ।
প্রথমেই মারিবা, অর্ধ-মারা না করিবা ॥” ২৪৭ ॥
kāli haite tumi yei mṛgādi māribā
prathamei māribā, ardha-mārā nā karibā”
“ ‘I beg you that from this day on you will kill animals completely and not leave them half-dead.’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nārada Muni begs the hunter to stop leaving animals half-dead.
He asks that, from that day onward, the hunter kill the animals completely.
This particular request addresses the prolonged suffering caused by leaving wounded animals alive.
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.
Is there unnecessary suffering I could stop prolonging today?
Take one safe, practical step today to relieve distress you notice in a person or animal.
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