atha — thereafter; paṇayaḥ — all the followers of the dacoit; tam — him (Jaḍa Bharata); sva-vidhinā — according to their own ritualistic principles; abhiṣicya — bathing; ahatena — with new; vāsasā — garments; ācchādya — covering; bhūṣaṇa — ornaments; ālepa — smearing the body with sandalwood pulp; srak — a flower garland; tilaka-ādibhiḥ — with markings on the body and so on; upaskṛtam — completely decorated; bhuktavantam — having eaten; dhūpa — with incense; dīpa — lamps; mālya — garlands; lāja — parched grain; kisalaya-aṅkura — twigs and sprouts; phala — fruits; upahāra — other paraphernalia; upetayā — fully equipped; vaiśasa-saṁsthayā — with complete arrangements for sacrifice; mahatā — great; gīta-stuti — of songs and prayers; mṛdaṅga — of the drums; paṇava — of the bugles; ghoṣeṇa — by vibration; ca — also; puruṣa-paśum — the man-animal; bhadra-kālyāḥ — of the goddess Kālī; purataḥ — just in front; upaveśayām āsuḥ — made him sit down.
Translation
After this, all the thieves, according to their imaginative ritual for killing animalistic men, bathed Jaḍa Bharata, dressed him in new clothes, decorated him with ornaments befitting an animal, smeared his body with scented oils and decorated him with tilaka, sandalwood pulp and garlands. They fed him sumptuously and then brought him before the goddess Kālī, offering her incense, lamps, garlands, parched grain, newly grown twigs, sprouts, fruits and flowers. In this way they worshiped the deity before killing the man-animal, and they vibrated songs and prayers and played drums and bugles. Jaḍa Bharata was then made to sit down before the deity.
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