Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.26.31
ये त्विह वै पुरुषा: पुरुषमेधेन यजन्ते याश्च स्त्रियो नृपशून्खादन्ति तांश्च ते पशव इव निहता यमसदने यातयन्तो रक्षोगणा: सौनिका इव स्वधितिनावदायासृक्पिबन्ति नृत्यन्ति च गायन्ति च हृष्यमाणा यथेह पुरुषादा: ॥ ३१ ॥
ye tv iha vai puruṣāḥ puruṣa-medhena yajante yāś ca striyo nṛ-paśūn khādanti tāṁś ca te paśava iva nihatā yama-sadane yātayanto rakṣo-gaṇāḥ saunikā iva svadhitināvadāyāsṛk pibanti nṛtyanti ca gāyanti ca hṛṣyamāṇā yatheha puruṣādāḥ.
[ye tv iha vai purushaah purusha-medhena yajante yaash cha striyo nri-pashoon khaadanti taamsh cha te pashava iva nihataa yama-sadane yaatayanto raksho-ganaah saunikaa iva svadhitinaavadaayaasrik pibanti nrityanti cha gaayanti cha hrishyamaanaa yatheha purushaadaah.]
Word-for-word
ye
—
persons who
tu
—
but
iha
—
in this life
vai
—
indeed
puruṣāḥ
—
men
puruṣa-medhena
—
by sacrifice of a man
yajante
—
worship (the goddess Kālī or Bhadra Kālī)
yāḥ
—
those who
ca
—
and
striyaḥ
—
women
nṛ-paśūn
—
the men used as sacrifice
khādanti
—
eat
tān
—
them
ca
—
and
te
—
they
paśavaḥ iva
—
like the animals
nihatāḥ
—
being slain
yama-sadane
—
in the abode of Yamarāja
yātayantaḥ
—
punishing
rakṣaḥ-gaṇāḥ
—
being Rākṣasas
saunikāḥ
—
the killers
iva
—
like
svadhitinā
—
by a sword
avadāya
—
cutting to pieces
asṛk
—
the blood
pibanti
—
drink
nṛtyanti
—
dance
ca
—
and
gāyanti
—
sing
ca
—
also
hṛṣyamāṇāḥ
—
being delighted
yathā
—
just like
iha
—
in this world
puruṣa-adāḥ
—
the man-eaters.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ye tv iha vai puruṣāḥ puruṣa-medhena yajante yāś ca striyo nṛ-paśūn khādanti tāṁś ca te paśava iva nihatā yama-sadane yātayanto rakṣo-gaṇāḥ saunikā iva svadhitināvadāyāsṛk pibanti nṛtyanti ca gāyanti ca hṛṣyamāṇā yatheha puruṣādāḥ.
ye
persons who
tu
but
iha
in this life
vai
indeed
puruṣāḥ
men
puruṣa-medhena
by sacrifice of a man
yajante
worship (the goddess Kālī or Bhadra Kālī)
yāḥ
those who
ca
and
striyaḥ
women
nṛ-paśūn
the men used as sacrifice
khādanti
eat
tān
them
ca
and
te
they
paśavaḥ iva
like the animals
nihatāḥ
being slain
yama-sadane
in the abode of Yamarāja
yātayantaḥ
punishing
rakṣaḥ-gaṇāḥ
being Rākṣasas
saunikāḥ
the killers
iva
like
svadhitinā
by a sword
avadāya
cutting to pieces
asṛk
the blood
pibanti
drink
nṛtyanti
dance
ca
and
gāyanti
sing
ca
also
hṛṣyamāṇāḥ
being delighted
yathā
just like
iha
in this world
puruṣa-adāḥ
the man-eaters.
There are men and women in this world who sacrifice human beings to Bhairava or Bhadra Kālī and then eat their victims’ flesh. Those who perform such sacrifices are taken after death to the abode of Yamarāja, where their victims, having taken the form of Rākṣasas, cut them to pieces with sharpened swords. Just as in this world the man-eaters drank their victims’ blood, dancing and singing in jubilation, their victims now enjoy drinking the blood of the sacrificers and celebrating in the same way.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Animalistic men who sacrifice human beings, and women who eat the sacrificed men, are taken to hell called Rakṣogaṇabhojana, where their victims, having taken the form of Rākṣasas, cut them to pieces with sharpened swords, drink their blood, and dance and sing in jubilation, just as the sacrificers did in this life.
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Personal Guidance
Those who sacrifice human beings for power become the food of their victims in the next life. The most extreme exploitation is mirrored back exactly. The universe does not let the cycle drift; it returns the exact violence.
Reflection Questions
- Where have I taken from others' lives for my own gain in ways I would not want returned to me?
- What act of restoration could begin to reverse the energy I have sent out?
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