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ŚB 5.9.12

अथ कदाचित्कश्चिद् वृषलपतिर्भद्रकाल्यै पुरुषपशुमालभतापत्यकाम: ॥ १२ ॥
atha kadācit kaścid vṛṣala-patir bhadra-kālyai puruṣa-paśum ālabhatāpatya-kāmaḥ.

Synonyms

athathereafter; kadācitat some time; kaścitsome; vṛṣala-patiḥthe leader of śūdras engaged in plundering the property of others; bhadra-kālyaiunto the goddess known as Bhadra Kālī; puruṣa-paśuman animal in the shape of a man; ālabhatastarted to sacrifice; apatya-kāmaḥdesiring a son.

Translation

At this time, being desirous of obtaining a son, a leader of dacoits who came from a śūdra family wanted to worship the goddess Bhadra Kālī by offering her in sacrifice a dull man, who is considered no better than an animal.

Purport

Low-class men such as śūdras worship demigods like Goddess Kālī, or Bhadra Kālī, for the fulfillment of material desires. To this end, they sometimes kill a human being before the deity. They generally choose a person who is not very intelligent — in other words, an animal in the shape of a man.