—json {
"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.