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Chapter 2: Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva

Verse 21 of 34
SB 4.2.21

य एतन्मर्त्यमुद्दिश्य भगवत्यप्रतिद्रुहि द्रुह्यत्यज्ञः पृथग्दृष्टिस्तत्त्वतो विमुखो भवेत्

ya etan martyam uddiśya bhagavaty apratidruhi druhyaty ajñaḥ pṛthag-dṛṣṭis tattvato vimukho bhavet

Synonyms

yaḥwho (Dakṣa); etat martyamthis body; uddiśyawith reference to; bhagavatito Śiva; apratidruhiwho is not envious; druhyatibears envy; ajñaḥless intelligent persons; pṛthak-dṛṣṭiḥthe vision of duality; tattvataḥfrom transcendental knowledge; vimukhaḥbereft; bhavetmay become..

Translation

Anyone who has accepted Dakṣa as the most important personality and has neglected Lord Śiva because of envy is a less intelligent person and, because of visualizing in duality, will be bereft of transcendental knowledge.

Purport

The first curse in this connection by Nandīśvara was that anyone supporting Dakṣa was foolishly identifying himself with the body, and therefore, because Dakṣa had no transcendental knowledge, supporting him would deprive one of transcendental knowledge. Dakṣa, Nandīśvara said, identified himself with the body like other materialistic persons and was trying to derive all kinds of facilities in relationship with the body. He had excessive attachment for the body and bodily relations like wife, children, home and other such things, which are different from the soul. Therefore Nandīśvara's curse was that anyone who supported Dakṣa would be bereft of transcendental knowledge of the soul and thus also be deprived of knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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