Vasudeva said There was once a hunter, O Bharata, Balaka by name. He used to kill animals, not willfully but, in order to support his children and wife.
वासुदेव उवाच पुराव्याधोऽभवत् कश्चिद् बलाको नाम भारत। यात्रार्थ पुत्रदारस्य मृगान् हन्ति न कामतः॥