CHAPTER SEVEN
The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa
TEXT 1
मैत्रेय उवाच
इत्यजेनानुनीतेन भवेन परितुष्यता । अभ्यधायि महाबाहो प्रहस्य श्रूयतामिति ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca ity ajenānunītena bhavena parituṣyatā abhyadhāyi mahābāho prahasya śrūyatām iti
maitreyaḥ—Maitreya; uvāca—said; iti—thus; ajena—by Lord Brahmā; anunītena—pacified; bhavena—by Lord Śiva; parituṣyatā—fully satisfied; abhyadhāyi—said; mahābāho—O Vidura; prahasya—smiling; śrūyatām—listen; iti—thus.
TRANSLATION
The sage Maitreya said: O mighty-armed Vidura, Lord Śiva, being thus pacified by the words of Lord Brahmā, spoke as follows in answer to the request of Lord Brahmā.
TEXT 2
महादेव उवाच
नाधं प्रजेश बालानां वर्णये नानुचिन्तये । देवमायामिभूतानां दण्डस्तत्र धृतो मया ॥ २ ॥
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