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CC Madhya 24.248

Bengali

ব্যাধ কহে, — “কিবা দান মাগিলা আমারে ।
অর্ধ মারিলে কিবা হয়, তাহা কহ মোরে ॥” ২৪৮ ॥

Text

vyādha kahe, — “kibā dāna māgilā āmāre
ardha mārile kibā haya, tāhā kaha more”

Synonyms

vyādha kahe — the hunter replied; kibā dāna — what kind of charity; māgilā āmāre — have you begged from me; ardha mārile — in half-killing; kibā — what; haya — there is; tāhā — that; kaha more — kindly explain to me.

Translation

“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?’