SB 9.9.25

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ninth Canto, Chapter 9: The Dynasty of Aḿśumān

SB 9.9.24

SB 9.9.26

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 25

rākṣasaṁ bhāvam āpannaḥ
pāde kalmāṣatāṁ gataḥ
vyavāya-kāle dadṛśe
vanauko-dampatī dvijau

SYNONYMS

rākṣasam—man-eating; bhāvam—propensity; āpannaḥ—having gotten; pāde—on the leg; kalmāṣatām—a black spot; gataḥ—obtained; vyavāya-kāle—at the time of sexual intercourse; dadṛśe—he saw; vana-okaḥ—living in the forest; dam-patī—a husband and wife; dvijau—who were brāhmaṇas.

TRANSLATION

Saudāsa thus acquired the propensity of a man-eater and received on his leg a black spot, for which he was known as Kalmāṣapāda. Once King Kalmāṣapāda saw a brāhmaṇa couple engaged in sexual intercourse in the forest.