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  "name":"SB 7.2.50",
  "h1":"SB 7.2.50",
  "label":"Text 50",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.2.50",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 7.2.50

Text

lubdhako vipine kaścit
pakṣiṇāṁ nirmito 'ntakaḥ
vitatya jālaṁ 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.