iti tesam vrsalanam rajas-tamah-prakrtinam dhana-mada-raja-
utsikta-manasam bhagavat-kala-vira-kulam kadarthi-krtyotpathena
svairam viharatam himsa-viharanam karmati-darunam yad brahma-
bhutasya saksad brahmarsi-sutasya nirvairasya sarva-bhuta-suhrdah
sunayam apy ananumatam alambhanam tad upalabhya brahma-
tejasati-durvisahena dandahyamanena vapusa sahasoccacata saiva devi
bhadra-kali.
iti-thus; tesam-of them; vrsalanam-the sudras, by whom all religious principles are destroyed; rajah-in passion; tamah-in ignorance; prakrtinam-having natures; dhana-mada-in the form of infatuation by material wealth; rajah-by passion; utsikta-puffed up; manasam-whose minds; bhagavat-kala-an expansion of the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vira-kulam-the group of elevated personalities (the brahmanas); kat-arthi-krtya-disrespecting; utpathena-by a wrong path; svairam-independently; viharatam-who are proceeding; himsa-viharanam-whose business is to commit violence against others; karma-the activity; ati-darunam-very fearful; yat-that which; brahma-bhutasya-of a self-realized person born in a brahmana family; saksat-directly; brahma-rsi-sutasya-of the son born of a brahmana exalted in spiritual consciousness; nirvairasya-who had no enemies; sarva-bhuta-suhrdah-a well-wisher to all others; sunayam-at the last moment; api-even though; ananumatam-not being sanctioned by law; alambhanam-against the desire of the Lord; tat-that; upalabhya-perceiving; brahma-tejasa-with the effulgence of spiritual bliss; ati-durvisahena-being too bright and unbearable; dandahyamanena-burning; vapusa-with a physical body; sahasa-suddenly; uccacata-fractured (the deity); sa-she; eva-indeed; devi-the goddess; bhadra-kali-Bhadra Kali.