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Chapter 2: Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva

Verse 23 of 34
SB 4.2.23

बुद्ध्या पराभिध्यायिन्या विस्मृतात्मगतिः पशुः स्त्रीकामः सो ऽस्त्वतितरां दक्षो बस्तमुखो ऽचिरात्

buddhyā parābhidhyāyinyā vismṛtātmagatiḥ paśuḥ strī-kāmaḥ so 'stv atitarāṁ dakṣo basta-mukho 'cirāt

Synonyms

buddhyā—by intelligence; para-abhidhyāyinyā—by accepting the body as the self; vismṛta-ātmagatiḥ—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 Viṣṇupāda or Viṣṇugati and is attached to sex life only, within a short time he will have the face of a goat.

Verse 23 of 34