Canto 7: The Science of GodChapter 2: Hiraṇyakaśipu, King of the Demons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.2.50

lubdhako vipine kaścit

pakṣiṇāḿ nirmito 'ntakaḥ

vitatya jālaḿ vidadhe

tatra tatra pralobhayan

SYNONYMS

lubdhakaḥ — hunter; vipinein the forest; kaścit — some; pakṣiṇām — of birds; nirmitaḥ — appointed; antakaḥ — killer; vitatya — spreading; jālama net; vidadhe — captured; tatra tatra — here and there; pralobhayan — luring with food.

TRANSLATION

There was once a hunter who lured birds with food and captured them after spreading a net. He lived as if appointed by death personified as the killer of the birds.

PURPORT

This is another incident from the histories.

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