Text 23]
Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa
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man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo 'si me
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
“Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend. Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.”
TEXT 23
नाशं निशम्य पुत्राणां नारदाच्छीतशातिनाम्। अन्वतप्यत कः शोचन् सुप्रजस्त्वं शुचां पदम् ॥२३॥
nāśaṁ niśamya putrāṇāṁ nāradāc chīla-śālinām anvatapyata kaḥ śocan suprajastvaṁ śucāṁ padam
nāśam—the loss; niśamya—hearing of; putrāṇām—of his sons; nāradāt—from Nārada; śīla-śālinām—who were the best of well-behaved persons; anvatapyata—suffered; kaḥ—Prajāpati Dakṣa; śocan—lamenting; su-prajastvam—having ten thousand well-behaved sons; śucām—of lamentation; padam—position.
TRANSLATION
The Haryaśvas, the sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa, were very well-behaved, cultured sons, but unfortunately, because of the instructions of Nārada Muni, they deviated from the order of their