SB 4.2.17

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

SB 4.2.16 - SB 4.2.18

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 17

maitreya uvāca

vinindyaivaṁ sa giriśam

apratīpam avasthitam

dakṣo 'thāpa upaspṛśya

kruddhaḥ śaptuṁ pracakrame

SYNONYMS

maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; vinindya — abusing; evam — thus; saḥ — he (Dakṣa); giriśam — Śiva; apratīpam — without any hostility; avasthitam — remaining; dakṣaḥ — Dakṣa; atha — now; apaḥ — water; upaspṛśya — washing hands and mouth; kruddhaḥ — angry; śaptum — to curse; pracakrame — began to.

TRANSLATION

The sage Maitreya continued: Thus Dakṣa, seeing Lord Śiva sitting as if against him, washed his hands and mouth and cursed him in the following words.

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