इति तेषां वृषलानां रजस्तम:प्रकृतीनां धनमदरजउत्सिक्तमनसां भगवत्कलावीरकुलं कदर्थीकृत्योत्पथेन स्वैरं विहरतां हिंसाविहाराणां कर्मातिदारुणं यद्ब्रह्मभूतस्य साक्षाद्ब्रह्मर्षिसुतस्य निर्वैरस्य सर्वभूतसुहृद: सूनायामप्यननुमतमालम्भनं तदुपलभ्य ब्रह्मतेजसातिदुर्विषहेण दन्दह्यमानेन वपुषा सहसोच्चचाट सैव देवी भद्रकाली ॥ १७ ॥
iti tesam vrsalanam rajas-tamah-prakrtinam dhana-mada-raja-utsikta-manasam bhagavat-kala-vira-kulam kadarthi-krtyotpathena svairam viharatam himsa-viharanam karmati-darunam yad brahma-bhutasya saksad brahmarsi-sutasya nirvairasya sarva-bhuta-suhrdah sunayam apy ananumatam alambhanam tad upalabhya brahma-tejasati-durvisahena dandahyamanena vapusa sahasoccacata saiva devi bhadra-kali.
- iti
- thus
- tesam
- of them
- vrsalanam
- the sudras, by whom all religious principles are destroyed
- rajah
- in passion
- tamah
- in ignorance
- prakrtinam
- having natures
- dhana-mada
- in the form of infatuation by material wealth
- rajah
- by passion
- utsikta
- puffed up
- manasam
- whose minds
- bhagavat-kala
- an expansion of the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- vira-kulam
- the group of elevated personalities (the brahmanas)
- kat-arthi-krtya
- disrespecting
- utpathena
- by a wrong path
- svairam
- independently
- viharatam
- who are proceeding
- himsa-viharanam
- whose business is to commit violence against others
- karma
- the activity
- ati-darunam
- very fearful
- yat
- that which
- brahma-bhutasya
- of a self-realized person born in a brahmana family
- saksat
- directly
- brahma-rsi-sutasya
- of the son born of a brahmana exalted in spiritual consciousness
- nirvairasya
- who had no enemies
- sarva-bhuta-suhrdah
- a well-wisher to all others
- sunayam
- at the last moment
- api
- even though
- ananumatam
- not being sanctioned by law
- alambhanam
- against the desire of the Lord
- tat
- that
- upalabhya
- perceiving
- brahma-tejasa
- with the effulgence of spiritual bliss
- ati-durvisahena
- being too bright and unbearable
- dandahyamanena
- burning
- vapusa
- with a physical body
- sahasa
- suddenly
- uccacata
- fractured (the deity)
- sa
- she
- eva
- indeed
- devi
- the goddess
- bhadra-kali
- Bhadra Kali
All the rogues and thieves who had made arrangements for the worship of goddess Kali were low minded and bound to the modes of passion and ignorance. They were overpowered by the desire to become very rich; therefore they had the audacity to disobey the injunctions of the Vedas, so much so that they were prepared to kill Jada Bharata, a self-realized soul born in a brahmana family. Due to their envy, these dacoits brought him before the goddess Kali for sacrifice. Such people are always addicted to envious activities, and therefore they dared to try to kill Jada Bharata. Jada Bharata was the best friend of all living entities. He was no one’s enemy, and he was always absorbed in meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He was born of a good brahmana father, and killing him was forbidden, even though he might have been an enemy or aggressive person. In any case, there was no reason to kill Jada Bharata, and the goddess Kali could not bear this. She could immediately understand that these sinful dacoits were about to kill a great devotee of the Lord. Suddenly the deity’s body burst asunder, and the goddess Kali personally emerged from it in a body burning with an intense and intolerable effulgence.