Text 39] Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa
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interested in traveling to the higher planetary systems of the demigods to enjoy a long life in an advanced materialistic civilization. As stated by Prabodhānanda Sarasvati,  kaivalyam narakāyate tridaśa-pūr ākāśa-puṣpāyate : for a devotee, merging into the Brahman existence is hellish, and life in the higher planetary systems of the demigods is a will-o'-the-wisp, a phantasmagoria with no real existence at all. A pure devotee is not interested in yogic perfection, travel to higher planetary systems, or oneness with Brahman. He is interested only in rendering service to the Personality of Godhead. Since Prajāpati Dakṣa was a  karmī , he could not appreciate the great service Nārada Muni had rendered his eleven thousand sons. Instead, he accused Nārada Muni of being sinful and charged that because Nārada Muni was associated with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord would also be defamed. Thus Dakṣa criticized that Nārada Muni was an offender to the Lord although he was known as an associate of the Lord.
TEXT 39
ननु भागवता नित्यं भूतानुग्रहकातराः । अत्र त्वां सौहृद्धनं वै वैरङ्करमवैरिणाम् ॥३९॥
nanu bhāgavatā nityam bhūtānugraha-kātarāḥ ṛte tvām sauhṛda-ghnam vai vairaṅkaram avairiṇām
nanu —now;  bhāgavatāḥ —devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  nityam —eternally;  bhūta-anugraha-kātarāḥ —very much anxious to bestow benedictions upon the fallen conditioned souls;  ṛte —except;  tvām —yourself;  sauhṛda-ghnam —a breaker of friendship (therefore not countable among the  bhāgavatas , or devotees of the Lord);  vai —indeed;  vairam-karam —you create enmity;  avairiṇām —toward persons who are not enemies.
TRANSLATION
All the devotees of the Lord but you are very kind to the conditioned souls and are eager to benefit others. Although you