Text 17] The Supreme Character of Jaḍa Bharata
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Kālī. The sacrifice of a goat or a similar animal before the goddess Kālī is mentioned in  śāstras  just to keep people from eating slaughterhouse meat and becoming responsible for the killing of animals. The conditioned soul has a natural tendency toward sex and meat-eating; consequently the  śāstras  grant them some concessions. Actually the  śāstras  aim at putting an end to these abominable activities, but they impart some regulative principles so that gradually meat-eaters and sex hunters will be rectified.
TEXT 16
अथ वृषलराजपणिः पुरुषपशोरमृगासवेन देवीं भद्रकालीं यक्ष्यमाण- स्तदमिमन्त्रितमसिमतिकरालनिशितमुपाददे॥१६॥
atha vṛṣala-rāja-paṇiḥ puruṣa-paśor asṛg-āsavena devīm bhadra-kālīm yakṣyamāṇas tad-abhimantritam asim ati-karāla-niśitam upādade.
atha —thereafter;  vṛṣala-rāja-paṇiḥ —the so-called priest of the leader of the dacoits (one of the thieves);  puruṣa-paśoḥ —of the animalistic man for being sacrificed (Bharata Mahārāja);  asṛk-āsavena —with the liquor of blood;  devīm —to the deity;  bhadra-kālīm —the goddess Kālī;  yakṣyamāṇaḥ —desiring to offer;  tat-abhimantritam —consecrated by the  mantra  of Bhadra Kālī;  asim —the sword;  ati-karāla —very fearful;  niśitam —finely sharpened;  upādade —he took up.
TRANSLATION
At this time, one of the thieves, acting as the chief priest, was ready to offer the blood of Jaḍa Bharata, whom they imagined to be an animal-man, to the goddess Kālī 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 Kālī, raised it to kill Jaḍa Bharata.
TEXT 17
इति तेषां वृषलानां रजस्तमःप्रकृतीनां धनमदरजउत्सिक्तमनसां भगवत्कलावीर- कुलं कदर्थीकृत्योत्पथेन स्वैरं विहरतां हिंसाविहाराणां कर्मातिदारुणं यद्ब्रह्म-