CHAPTER SIX
Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva
TEXTS 1-2
मैत्रेय उवाच
अथ देवगणाः सर्वे रुद्रानीकैः पराजिताः । 
    शूलपट्टिशनिस्त्रिंशगदापरिषमुद्गरैः ॥ १ ॥ 
    संछिष्यभिषसर्वाङ्गाः सत्त्विक्सभ्या भयाकुलाः । 
    स्वयम्भुवे नमस्कृत्य कात्स्न्येनैतन्न्यवेदयन् ॥ २ ॥
maitreya uvāca 
    atha deva-gaṇāḥ sarve 
    rudrānīkaiḥ parājitāḥ 
    śūla-paṭṭiśa-nistrimśa- 
    gadā-parigha-mudgaraiḥ 
    sañchinna-bhinna-sarvāngāḥ 
    sartvik-sabhyā bhayākulāḥ 
    svayambhuve namaskṛtya 
    kārtsnyenaitan nyavedayan
maitreyaḥ uvāca —Maitreya said;  atha —after this;  deva-gaṇāḥ —all the demigods;  sarve —all;  rudra-anīkaiḥ —by the soldiers of Lord Śiva;  parājitāḥ —having been defeated;  śūla —trident;  paṭṭiśa —a sharp-edged spear;  nistrimśa —a sword;  gadā —mace;  parigha —an iron bludgeon;  mudgaraiḥ —a hammerlike weapon;  sañchinna-bhinna-sarvāngāḥ —all the limbs wounded;  sa-ṛtvik-sabhyāḥ —with all the priests and members of the sacrificial assembly;  bhaya-ākulāḥ —with great fear;  svayambhuve —unto Lord Brahmā;  namaskṛtya —after offering obeisances;  kārtsnyena —in detail;  etat —the events of Dakṣa's sacrifice;  nyavedayan —reported.
TRANSLATION
All the priests and other members of the sacrificial assembly and all the demigods, being defeated by the soldiers of Lord Śiva and injured by
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