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narada kahe,--"yadi jive mara’ tumi bana
ardha-mara kara kene, na lao parana?"
SYNONYMS
narada kahe—Narada Muni said; yadi—if; jive—in the animals; mara’-pierce; tumi—you; bana—your arrows; ardha-mara kara—you half-kill; kene—why; na lao parana—don’t you take their lives completely "Narada Muni then inquired, ’Why did you not kill the animals completely? Why did you half-kill them by piercing their bodies with arrows?’