Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 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; vipine — in the forest; kaścit — some; pakṣiṇām — of birds; nirmitaḥ — appointed; antakaḥ — killer; vitatya — spreading; jālam — a 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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