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"gosani, prayana-patha chadi’ kene aila

toma dekhi’ mora laksya mrga palaila"

SYNONYMS

gosani—O great saintly person; prayana-patha chadi’-leaving aside the general path; kene—why; aila—have you come; toma dekhi’-seeing you; mora laksya—my targets; mrga—the animals; palaila—fled "The hunter addressed Narada Muni: ’O gosvami! O great saintly person! Why have you left the general path through the forest to come to me? Simply by seeing you, all the animals I was hunting have now fled.’