SB 4.2.23

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 2: Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva

SB 4.2.22 - SB 4.2.24

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 23

buddhyā parābhidhyāyinyā

vismṛtātma-gatiḥ paśuḥ

strī-kāmaḥ so 'stv atitarāṁ

dakṣo basta-mukho 'cirāt

SYNONYMS

buddhyā—by intelligence; para-abhidhyāyinyā—by accepting the body as the self; vismṛta-ātma-gatiḥ—having forgotten the knowledge of Viṣṇu; paśuḥ—an animal; strī-kāmaḥ—attached to sex life; saḥ—he (Dakṣa); astu—let; atitarām—excessive; dakṣaḥ—Dakṣa; basta-mukhaḥ—the face of a goat; acirāt—in a very short time.

TRANSLATION

Dakṣa has accepted the body as all in all. Therefore, since he has forgotten the viṣṇu-pāda, or viṣṇu-gati, and is attached to sex life only, within a short time he will have the face of a goat.

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