nārada kahe - Nārada Muni said; yadi - if; jīve - in the animals; māra' - pierce; tumi - you; bāṇa - your arrows; ardha-mārā kara - you half-kill; kene - why; nā lao parāṇa - don't you take their lives completely.

“Nārada Muni then inquired, ‘Why did you not kill the animals completely? Why did you half-kill them by piercing their bodies with arrows?’