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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 26]
singing in jubilation, their victims now enjoy drinking the blood of the sacrificers and celebrating in the same way.
TEXT 32
ये त्विह वा अनागसोऽरण्ये ग्रामे वा वैश्रम्भर्करुपसृतानुपविश्रम्भय जिजीविषून् शूलह्वत्रादिषूपप्रोतान् क्रीडनकतया यातयन्ति तेऽपि च प्रेत्य यमयातनासु शूलादिषु प्रोतात्मानः क्षुत्तृङ्म्यां चाभिहताः कङ्क- वटादिभिश्चेतस्ततस्तिग्मतुण्डैराहन्यमाना आत्मशमलं स्मरन्ति ॥ ३२ ॥
ye tu iha vā anāgaso 'raṇye grāme vā vaiśrambhakair upasṛtān upaviśrambhayya jijīviṣūn śūla-sūtrādiṣūpaprotān krīḍanakatayā yātayanti te 'pi ca pretya yama-yātanāsu śūlādiṣu protātmānaḥ kṣut- trḍbhyām cābhihatāḥ kaṅka-vaṭādibhiś cetas tatas tigma-tuṇḍair āhanyamānā ātma-śamalam smaranti.
ye—persons who: tu—but: iha—in this life: vā—or: anāgasaḥ— who are faultless: araṇye—in the forest: grāme—in the village: vā—or: vaiśrambhakaiḥ—by means of good faith; upasṛtān—brought near: upaviśrambhayya—inspiring with confidence; jijīviṣūn—who want to be protected; śūla-sūtra-ādiṣu—on a lance, thread, and so on; upaprotān— fixed; krīḍanakatayā—like a plaything; yātayanti—cause pain; te— those persons; api—certainly; ca—and; pretya—after dying; yama- yātanāsu—the persecutions of Yamarāja; śūla-ādiṣu—on lances and so on; prota-ātmānaḥ—whose bodies are fixed; kṣut-trḍbhyām—by hunger and thirst; ca—also: abhihatāḥ—overwhelmed; kaṅka-vaṭa- ādibhiḥ—by birds such as herons and vultures; ca—and; itaḥ tataḥ— here and there: tigma-tuṇḍaiḥ—having pointed beaks: āhanyamānāḥ—being tortured; ātma-śamalam—own sinful activities: smaranti—they remember.
TRANSLATION
In this life some people give shelter to animals and birds that come to them for protection in the village or forest, and after mak- ing them believe that they will be protected, such people pierce them with lances or threads and play with them like toys, giving