← Canto 4: The Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 2: Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva

Verse 17 of 34
SB 4.2.17

मैत्रेय उवाच विनिन्द्यैवं स गिरिशमप्रतीपमवस्थितम् दक्षो ऽथाप उपस्पृश्य क्रुद्धः शप्तुं प्रचक्रमे

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.

Verse 17 of 34