Text 52]
Lord Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva
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share, and therefore you destroyed everything, and the sacrifice remains unfinished. Now you can do the needful and take your rightful share.
TEXT 51
जीवताधजमानोऽयं प्रपद्येताक्षिणी भगः । भृगोः श्मश्रूणि रोहन्तु पूष्णो दन्ताश्च पूर्ववत् ॥५१॥
jīvatād yajamāno 'yaṁ prapadyetākṣiṇī bhagaḥ bhṛgoḥ śmaśrūṇi rohantu pūṣṇo dantāś ca pūrvavat
jīvatāt—let him be alive; yajamānaḥ—the performer of the sacrifice (Dakṣa); ayam—this; prapadyeta—let him get back; akṣiṇī—by the eyes; bhagaḥ—Bhagadeva; bhṛgoḥ—of the sage Bhṛgu; śmaśrūṇi—moustache; rohantu—may grow again; pūṣṇaḥ—of Pūṣādeva; dantāḥ—the chain of teeth; ca—and; pūrvavat—like before.
TRANSLATION
My dear lord, by your mercy the performer of the sacrifice (King Dakṣa) may get back his life, Bhaga may get back his eyes, Bhṛgu may get back his moustache, and Pūṣā may get back his teeth.
TEXT 52
देवानां मग्नगत्राणामृत्विजां चायुधाश्मभिः । मवतानुगृहीतानाभाशु मन्योऽस्त्वनातुरम् ॥५२॥
devānāṁ bhagna-gātrāṇām ṛtvijāṁ cāyudhāśmabhiḥ bhavatānugṛhītānām āśu manyo 'stv anāturam
devānān—of the demigods; bhagna-gātrāṇām—whose limbs are badly broken; ṛtvijām—of the priests; ca—and; āyudha-aśmabhiḥ—by weapons and by stones; bhavatā—by you; anugṛhītānām—being favored; āśu—at once; manyaḥ—Lord Śiva (in an angry mood); astu—let there be; anāturam—recovery from injuries.
TRANSLATION
O Lord Śiva, may the demigods and the priests whose limbs have been broken by your soldiers recover from the injuries by your grace.