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
aa arat fea: aal: Aeara Fae |
arya Rat aot sitet aa array evil
nabho gato disah sarvah
sahasrakso visampate
