# Cc. Madhya 24.248 > ব্যাধ কহে, — “কিবা দান মাগিলা আমারে । > অর্ধ মারিলে কিবা হয়, তাহা কহ মোরে ।।” ২৪৮ ।। ॥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?'**