Text 13] The Supreme Character of Jada Bharata 321

PURPORT

Low-class men such as Stidras worship demigods like goddess Kali, or
Bhadra Kali, for the fulfillment of material desires. To this end, they
sometimes kill a human being before the deity. They generally choose a
person who is not very intelligent—in other words, an animal in the
shape of a man.

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tasya ha daiva-muktasya pasoh padavim tad-anucarah paridhavanto
nisi nisitha-samaye tamasdurtayam anadhigata-pasava akasmikena
vidhina kedaran virdsanena mrga-varahadibhyah sarnraksamanam
angirah-pravara-sutam apasyan.

tasya—of the leader of the dacoits; ha—certainly; daiva-muktasya—
by chance having escaped; pasoh—of the human animal; padavim—the
path; tat-anucarah—his followers or assistants; paridhavantah—
searching here and there to find; nisi—at night; nisitha-samaye—at
midnight; tamasd dvrtayam—being covered by darkness: anadhigata-
pasavah—not catching the man-animal; dkasmikena vidhina—by the
unexpected law of providence; kedardn—the fields: vira-dsanena—by a
seat on a raised place; mrga-varaha-ddibhyah—from the deer, wild pigs
and so on; samraksaménam—protecting: angirah-pravara-sutam—the
son of the braéhmana descending from the Angira family: apasyan—
they found.

TRANSLATION

The leader of the dacoits captured a man-animal for sacrifice,
but he escaped, and the leader ordered his followers to find him.
They ran in different directions but could not find him. Wander-
ing here and there in the middle of the night, covered by dense
darkness, they came to a paddy field where they saw the exalted
