### SB 4.2.17

> मैत्रेय उवाच\
> विनिन्द्यैवं स गिरिशमप्रतीपमवस्थितम् ।\
> दक्षोऽथाप उपस्पृश्य क्रुद्धः शप्तुं प्रचक्रमे ॥१७॥

> maitreya uvāca\
> vinindyaivaṁ sa giriśam\
> apratīpam avasthitam\
> dakṣo 'thāpa upaspṛśya\
> kruddhaḥ śaptuṁ pracakrame

*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.

**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.**