tāṁ dadarśānudhāvantīṁ
cāṇḍālīm iva rūpiṇīm
jarayā vepamānāṅgīṁ
yakṣma-grastām asṛk-paṭām
vikīrya palitān keśāṁs
tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti bhāṣiṇīm
mīna-gandhy-asu-gandhena
kurvatīṁ mārga-dūṣaṇam
tām - the sinful reaction; dadarśa - he saw; anudhāvantīm - chasing; cāṇḍālīm - a woman of the lowest class; iva - like; rūpiṇīm - taking a form; jarayā - because of old age; vepamāna-aṅgīm - whose bodily limbs were trembling; yakṣma-grastām - infected with tuberculosis; asṛk-paṭām - whose clothes were covered with blood; vikīrya - scattering; palitān - grayed; keśān - hair; tiṣṭha tiṣṭha - wait, wait; iti - thus; bhāṣiṇīm - calling; mīna-gandhi - the smell of fish; asu - whose breath; gandhena - by the odor; kurvatīm - bringing about; mārga-dūṣaṇam - the pollution of the whole street.
When a person is afflicted with tuberculosis, he often vomits blood, which makes his garments bloody.