SB 5.9.16

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fifth Canto - Chapter 9: The Supreme Character of Jaḍa Bharata

SB 5.9.15 - SB 5.9.17

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 16

atha vṛṣala-rāja-paṇiḥ puruṣa-paśor

asṛg-āsavena devīṁ bhadra-kālīṁ

yakṣyamāṇas tad-abhimantritam asim

ati-karāla-niśitam upādade

SYNONYMS

atha—thereafter; vṛṣala-rāja-paṇiḥ—the so-called priest of the leader of the dacoits (one of the thieves); puruṣa-paśoḥ—of the animalistic man for being sacrificed (Bharata Mahārāja); asṛk-āsavena—with the liquor of blood; devīm—to the deity; bhadra-kālīm—the goddess Kālī; yakṣyamāṇaḥ—desiring to offer; tat-abhimantritam—consecrated by the mantra of Bhadra Kālī; asim—the sword; ati-karāla—very fearful; niśitam—finely sharpened; upādade—he took up.

TRANSLATION

At this time, one of the thieves, acting as the chief priest, was ready to offer the blood of Jaḍa Bharata, whom they imagined to be an animal-man, to the goddess Kālī to drink as a liquor. He therefore took up a very fearsome sword, which was very sharp and, consecrating it by the mantra of Bhadra Kālī, raised it to kill Jaḍa Bharata.

SB 5.9.15 - SB 5.9.17