Text 10]
Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva
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śrūyatām brahmarṣayo me saha-devāḥ sahāgnayaḥ sādhūnām bruvato vṛttam nājñānān na ca matsarāt
śrūyatām—hear; brahmarṣayaḥ—O sages among the brāhmaṇas; me—unto me; saha-devāḥ—O demigods; saha-agnayaḥ—O fire-gods; sādhūnām—of the gentle; bruvataḥ—speaking; vṛttam—the manners; na—not; ajñānāt—from ignorance; na ca—and not; matsarāt—from envy.
TRANSLATION
All sages, brāhmaṇas and fire-gods present here, please hear me with attention, for I am speaking about the manners of gentle persons. I am not speaking out of ignorance or envy.
PURPORT
In speaking against Lord Śiva, Dakṣa tried to pacify the assembly by presenting in a very tactful way that he was going to speak about the manners of gentle persons, although naturally this might affect some unmannerly upstarts and the assembly might be unhappy because they did not want even unmannerly persons to be offended. In other words, he was in complete knowledge that he was speaking against Lord Śiva in spite of Śiva's spotless character. As far as envy is concerned, from the very beginning he was envious of Lord Śiva; therefore he could not distinguish his own particular envy. Although he spoke like a man in ignorance, he wanted to cover his statements by saying that he was not speaking for impudent and envious reasons.
TEXT 10
अयं तु लोकपालानां यशोघ्नो निरपत्रपः । सद्भिराचरितः पन्था येन स्तब्धेन दूषितः ॥१०॥
ayam tu loka-pālānām yaśo-ghno nirapatrapaḥ sadbhir ācaritaḥ panthā yena stabdhena dūṣitaḥ
ayam—he (Śiva); tu—but; loka-pālānām—of the governors of the universe; yaśaḥ-ghnaḥ—spoiling the fame; nirapatrapaḥ—shameless; sadbhiḥ—by those of gentle manner; ācaritaḥ—followed; panthāḥ—the path; yena—by whom (Śiva); stabdhena—being devoid of proper actions; dūṣitaḥ—is polluted.