Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 9: The Dynasty of Aḿśumān |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.9.25
rākṣasaḿ bhāvam āpannaḥ
pāde kalmāṣatāḿ gataḥ
vyavāya-kāle dadṛśe
vanauko-dampatī dvijau
SYNONYMS
rākṣasam — man-eating; bhāvam — propensity; āpannaḥ — having gotten; pāde — on the leg; kalmāṣatām — a black spot; gataḥ — obtained; vyavāya-kāle — at the time of sexual intercourse; dadṛśe — he saw; vana-okaḥ — living in the forest; dam-patī — a husband and wife; dvijau — who were brāhmaṇas.
TRANSLATION
Saudāsa thus acquired the propensity of a man-eater and received on his leg a black spot, for which he was known as Kalmāṣapāda. Once King Kalmāṣapāda saw a brāhmaṇa couple engaged in sexual intercourse in the forest.
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