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SB 5.9.12

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


TEXT 12

atha kadācit kaścid vṛṣala-patir bhadra-kālyai puruṣa-paśum ālabhatāpatya-kāmaḥ.


SYNONYMS

atha—thereafter; kadācit—at some time; kaścit—some; vṛṣala-patiḥ—the leader of śūdras engaged in plundering the property of others; bhadra-kālyai—unto the goddess known as Bhadra Kālī; puruṣa-paśum—an animal in the shape of a man; ālabhata—started to sacrifice; apatya-kāmaḥ—desiring a son.


TRANSLATION

At this time, being desirous of obtaining a son, a leader of dacoits who came from a śūdra family wanted to worship the goddess Bhadra Kālī by offering her in sacrifice a dull man, who is considered no better than an animal.


PURPORT

Low-class men such as śūdras worship demigods like goddess Kālī, or Bhadra Kālī, for the fulfillment of material desires. To this end, they sometimes kill a human being before the deity. They generally choose a person who is not very intelligent—in other words, an animal in the shape of a man.

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