Text 14] Indra Afflicted by Sinful Reaction 259

Jaraya vepamdanangim
yaksma-grastam asrk-patam

vikirya palitan kesams
tistha tistheti bhasinim
mina-gandhy-asu-gandhena

kurvatirh marga-disanam

tam—the sinful reaction; dadarsa—he saw; anudhavantim—chas-
ing; candalim—a woman of the lowest class; iva—like; riipinim—tak-
ing a form; jaraya—because of old age; vepamdna-angim—whose
bodily limbs were trembling; yaksma-grastam—infected with tuber-
culosis; asrk-patam—whose clothes were covered with blood; vikirya—
scattering; palitan—grayed; kesan—hair; tistha tistha—wait, wait; iti—
thus; bhasinim—calling; mina-gandhi—the smell of fish; asu—whose
breath; gandhena—by the odor; kurvatim—bringing about; marga-
diisanam—the pollution of the whole street.

TRANSLATION

Indra saw personified sinful reaction chasing him, appearing
like a candala woman, a woman of the lowest class. She seemed
very old, and all the limbs of her body trembled. Because she was
afflicted with tuberculosis, her body and garments were covered
with blood. Breathing an unbearable fishy odor that polluted the

entire street, she called to Indra, ‘Wait! Wait!”

PURPORT

When a person is afflicted with tuberculosis, he often vomits blood,
which makes his garments bloody.

TEXT 14

wat aah fea: Aal: AEA Fae |
matt feat aot afet aa arta ell

nabho gato disah sarvah
sahasrakso visampate
