470 Srimad-Bhagavatam [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

q fae a aaMaseTa ma a FTSeqaaaTerET
AMAyqaeanaginy east wate ash 4
TT AMMAN Woes Aaa: ayerat aUfieat: BE-
ATA MAT AAPM MAMTA ARATAT wea Ul 32 II

ye tv tha vd andgaso ‘ranye grame va vaisrambhakair upasrtan
upavisrambhayya jijivisiin Sila-siitradisipaprotan kridanakataya
yatayanti te ‘pi ca pretya yama-yatandsu silddisu protatmanah ksut-
trdbhyam cabhihatah kanka-vatadibhis cetas tatas tigma-tundair
ahanyamana atma-samalam smaranti.

ye—persons who: tu—but: tha—in this life: va—or: andgasah—
who are faultless: aranye—in the forest: grame—in the village: vd —or:
vaisrambhakaih—by means of good faith: upasrtan—brought near:
upavisrambhayya—inspiring with confidence; jijivistin —who want to be
protected; siila-siitra-ddisu—on a lance, thread, and so on; upaprotan—
fixed; kridanakatayd—like a plaything; ydtayanti—cause pain; te—
those persons; api—certainly; ca—and; pretya—after dying; yama-
ydtandsu—the persecutions of Yamaraja: Stila-ddisu—on lances and so
on: prota-dtmdnah—whose bodies are fixed: ksut-trdbhyam—by
hunger and thirst: ca—also; abhihatah—overwhelmed: karika-vata-
adibhih—by birds such as herons and vultures: ca—and: itah tatah—
here and there: tigma-tundaih—having pointed beaks:
ahanyamanah—being tortured: dtma-samalam—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
