अथ वृषलराजपणि: पुरुषपशोरसृगासवेन देवीं भद्रकालीं यक्ष्यमाणस्तदभिमन्त्रितमसिमतिकरालनिशितमुपाददे ॥ १६ ॥
atha vrsala-raja-panih purusa-pasor asrg-asavena devim bhadra-kalim yaksyamanas tad-abhimantritam asim ati-karala-nisitam upadade.
- atha
- thereafter
- vrsala-raja-panih
- the so-called priest of the leader of the dacoits (one of the thieves)
- purusa-pasoh
- of the animalistic man for being sacrificed (Bharata Maharaja)
- asrk-asavena
- with the liquor of blood
- devim
- to the deity
- bhadra-kalim
- the goddess Kali
- yaksyamanah
- desiring to offer
- tat-abhimantritam
- consecrated by the mantra of Bhadra Kali
- asim
- the sword
- ati-karala
- very fearful
- nisitam
- finely sharpened
- upadade
- he took up
At this time, one of the thieves, acting as the chief priest, was ready to offer the blood of Jada Bharata, whom they imagined to be an animal-man, to the goddess Kali 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 Kali, raised it to kill Jada Bharata.