loka kahe, — rātrye kaivartya naukāte caḍiyā
kālīya-dahe matsya māre, deuṭī jvāliyā

 loka kahe - the sensible respectable persons said; rātrye - at night; kaivartya - a fisherman; naukāte - on a boat; caḍiyā - getting up; kālīya-dahe - in the lake of Kālīya; matsya māre - catches fish; deuṭī jvāliyā - lighting a torch.


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These respectable gentlemen replied, “At night in Kālīya Lake a fisherman lights a torch in his boat and catches many fish.

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