iti — thus; teṣām — of them; vṛṣalānām — the śūdras, by whom all religious principles are destroyed; rajaḥ — in passion; tamaḥ — in ignorance; prakṛtīnām — having natures; dhana-mada — in the form of infatuation by material wealth; rajaḥ — by passion; utsikta — puffed up; manasām — whose minds; bhagavat-kalā — an expansion of the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vīra-kulam — the group of elevated personalities (the brāhmaṇas); kat-arthī-kṛtya — disrespecting; utpathena — by a wrong path; svairam — independently; viharatām — who are proceeding; hiṁsā-vihārāṇām — whose business is to commit violence against others; karma — the activity; ati-dāruṇam — very fearful; yat — that which; brahma-bhūtasya — of a self-realized person born in a brāhmaṇa family; sākṣāt — directly; brahma-ṛṣi-sutasya — of the son born of a brāhmaṇa exalted in spiritual consciousness; nirvairasya — who had no enemies; sarva-bhūta-suhṛdaḥ — a well-wisher to all others; sūnāyām — at the last moment; api — even though; ananumatam — not being sanctioned by law; ālambhanam — against the desire of the Lord; tat — that; upalabhya — perceiving; brahma-tejasā — with the effulgence of spiritual bliss; ati-durviṣaheṇa — being too bright and unbearable; dandahyamānena — burning; vapuṣā — with a physical body; sahasā — suddenly; uccacāṭa — fractured (the deity); sā — she; eva — indeed; devī — the goddess; bhadra-kālī — Bhadra Kālī.
Translation
All the rogues and thieves who had made arrangements for the worship of Goddess Kālī were low minded and bound to the modes of passion and ignorance. They were overpowered by the desire to become very rich; therefore they had the audacity to disobey the injunctions of the Vedas, so much so that they were prepared to kill Jaḍa Bharata, a self-realized soul born in a brāhmaṇa family. Due to their envy, these dacoits brought him before the goddess Kālī for sacrifice. Such people are always addicted to envious activities, and therefore they dared to try to kill Jaḍa Bharata. Jaḍa Bharata was the best friend of all living entities. He was no one’s enemy, and he was always absorbed in meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He was born of a good brāhmaṇa father, and killing him was forbidden, even though he might have been an enemy or aggressive person. In any case, there was no reason to kill Jaḍa Bharata, and the goddess Kālī could not bear this. She could immediately understand that these sinful dacoits were about to kill a great devotee of the Lord. Suddenly the deity’s body burst asunder, and the goddess Kālī personally emerged from it in a body burning with an intense and intolerable effulgence.
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