Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12-13


Sanskrit:

तां ददर्शानुधावन्तीं चाण्डालीमिव रूपिणीम् ।जरया वेपमानाङ्गीं यक्ष्मग्रस्तामसृक्पटाम् ॥ १२ ॥विकीर्य पलितान् केशांस्तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति भाषिणीम् ।मीनगन्ध्यसुगन्धेन कुर्वतीं मार्गदूषणम् ॥ १३ ॥

ITRANS:

tāṁ dadarśānudhāvantīṁcāṇḍālīm iva rūpiṇīmjarayā vepamānāṅgīṁyakṣma-grastām asṛk-paṭām

Translation:

Indra saw personified sinful reaction chasing him, appearing like a caṇḍāla woman, a woman of the lowest class. She seemed very old, and all the limbs of her body trembled. Because she was afflicted with tuberculosis, her body and garments were covered with blood. Breathing an unbearable fishy odor that polluted the entire street, she called to Indra, “Wait! Wait!”

Purport:

When a person is afflicted with tuberculosis, he often vomits blood, which makes his garments bloody.