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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.248
ব্যাধ কহে, — “কিবা দান মাগিলা আমারে ।
অর্ধ মারিলে কিবা হয়, তাহা কহ মোরে ॥” ২৪৮ ॥
vyādha kahe, — “kibā dāna māgilā āmāre
ardha mārile kibā haya, tāhā kaha more”
“The hunter replied, ‘My dear sir, what are you asking of me? What is wrong with the animals’ lying there half-killed? Will you please explain this to me?’
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The hunter is puzzled by Nārada Muni’s request.
He asks what is wrong with leaving the animals half-killed.
Rather than understanding the wrong himself, he asks Nārada Muni to explain it.
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.
When I do not understand why an action is harmful, am I willing to ask and listen?
Ask a sincere question about one behavior whose harmful effects you do not yet understand.
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