अथ पणयस्तं स्वविधिनाभिषिच्याहतेन वाससाऽऽच्छाद्य भूषणालेपस्रक्तिलकादिभिरुपस्कृतं भुक्तवन्तं धूपदीपमाल्यलाजकिसलयाङ्कुरफलोपहारोपेतया वैशससंस्थयामहता गीतस्तुतिमृदङ्गपणवघोषेण च पुरुषपशुं भद्रकाल्या: पुरत उपवेशयामासु: ॥ १५ ॥
atha panayas tam sva-vidhinabhisicyahatena vasasacchadya bhusanalepa-srak-tilakadibhir upaskrtam bhuktavantam dhupa-dipa-malya-laja-kisalayankura-phalopaharopetaya vaisasa-samsthaya mahata gita-stuti-mrdanga-panava-ghosena ca purusa-pasum bhadra-kalyah purata upavesayam asuh.
- atha
- thereafter
- panayah
- all the followers of the dacoit
- tam
- him (Jada Bharata)
- sva-vidhina
- according to their own ritualistic principles
- abhisicya
- bathing
- ahatena
- with new
- vasasa
- garments
- acchadya
- covering
- bhusana
- ornaments
- alepa
- smearing the body with sandalwood pulp
- srak
- a flower garland
- tilaka-adibhih
- with markings on the body and so on
- upaskrtam
- completely decorated
- bhuktavantam
- having eaten
- dhupa
- with incense
- dipa
- lamps
- malya
- garlands
- laja
- parched grain
- kisalaya-ankura
- twigs and sprouts
- phala
- fruits
- upahara
- other paraphernalia
- upetaya
- fully equipped
- vaisasa-samsthaya
- with complete arrangements for sacrifice
- mahata
- great
- gita-stuti
- of songs and prayers
- mrdanga
- of the drums
- panava
- of the bugles
- ghosena
- by vibration
- ca
- also
- purusa-pasum
- the man-animal
- bhadra-kalyah
- of the goddess Kali
- puratah
- just in front
- upavesayam asuh
- made him sit down
After this, all the thieves, according to their imaginative ritual for killing animalistic men, bathed Jada Bharata, dressed him in new clothes, decorated him with ornaments befitting an animal, smeared his body with scented oils and decorated him with tilaka, sandalwood pulp and garlands. They fed him sumptuously and then brought him before the goddess Kali, offering her incense, lamps, garlands, parched grain, newly grown twigs, sprouts, fruits and flowers. In this way they worshiped the deity before killing the man-animal, and they vibrated songs and prayers and played drums and bugles. Jada Bharata was then made to sit down before the deity.