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Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva
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TEXT 17
मैत्रेय उवाच
विनिन्द्यैवं स गिरिशमप्रतीपमवस्थितम् । दक्षोऽथाप उपस्पृश्य क्रुद्धः शप्तुं प्रचक्रमे ॥१७॥
maitreya uvāca vinindyaivam sa giriśam apratīpam avasthitam dakṣo 'thāpa upasprśya kruddhaḥ śaptum 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; upasprśya—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.
TEXT 18
अयं तु देवयजन इन्द्रोपेन्द्रादिभिर्भवः । सह भागं न लभतां देवैर्देवगणाधमः ॥१८॥
ayam tu deva-yajana indropendrādibhir bhavaḥ saha bhāgam na labhatām devair deva-gaṇādhamaḥ
ayam—that; tu—but; deva-yajane—in the sacrifice of the demigods; indra-upendra-ādibhiḥ—with Indra, Upendra and the others; bhavaḥ—Śiva; saha—along with; bhāgam—a portion; na—not; labhatām—should obtain; devaiḥ—with the demigods; deva-gaṇa-adhamaḥ—the lowest of all the demigods.
TRANSLATION
The demigods are eligible to share in the oblations of sacrifice, but Lord Śiva, who is lowest of all the demigods, should not have a share.