SB 6.13.12, SB 6.13.13, SB 6.13.12-13

TEXTS 12-13

TEXT

तां ददर्शानुधावन्तीं चाण्डालीमिव रूपिणीम् ।
जरया वेपमानाङ्गीं यक्ष्मग्रस्तामसृक्पटाम् ।
विकीर्य पलितान्केशांस् तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति भाषिणीम् ।
मीनगन्ध्यसुगन्धेन कुर्वतीं मार्गदूषणम् ॥ १३ ॥

tam dadarsanudhavantim

candalim iva rupinim

jaraya vepamanaṅgim

yaksma-grastam asrk-patam

vikirya palitan kesams

tistha tistheti bhasinim

mina-gandhy-asu-gandhena

kurvatim marga-dusanam

tam-the sinful reaction; dadarsa-he saw; anudhavantim-chasing; candalim-a woman of the lowest class; iva-like; rupinim-taking a form; jaraya-because of old age; vepamana-aṅgim-whose bodily limbs were trembling; yaksma-grastam-infected with tuberculosis; 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-dusanam-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.

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