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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.249
নারদ কহে, — “অর্ধ মারিলে জীব পায় ব্যথা ।
জীবে দুঃখ দিতেছ, তোমার হইবে ঐছে অবস্থা ॥ ২৪৯ ॥
nārada kahe, — “ardha mārile jīva pāya vyathā
jīve duḥkha ditecha, tomāra ha-ibe aiche avasthā
“Nārada Muni replied, ‘If you leave the animals half-dead, you are purposefully giving them pain. Therefore you will have to suffer in retaliation.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nārada Muni warns that purposefully leaving animals half-dead brings suffering in retaliation. Giving another living entity unnecessary pain brings similar pain under the laws of nature.
Even though Mṛgāri was uncivilized, he still had to suffer the results of his sinful activities. Education and so-called civilization do not exempt anyone from these laws.
The purport strongly warns against maintaining slaughterhouses and using machines to kill animals. The resulting suffering extends beyond this life into the next.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
Where might I be overlooking unnecessary pain caused to another living entity?
Today, notice one situation in which you could cause a living being unnecessary pain, and choose not to do so.
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