Text 43] Nārada Muni Cursed by Prajāpati Dakṣa
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known as a grhavrata. Unfortunately, you have given me great displeasure by misguiding my sons, for no reason, to the path of renunciation. This can be tolerated once.
PURPORT
Prajāpati Dakṣa wanted to prove that he had been most tolerant in not having said anything when Nārada Muni, for no reason, induced his ten thousand innocent sons to adopt the path of renunciation. Sometimes householders are accused of being  grhamedhīs , for  grhamedhīs  are satisfied with family life without spiritual advancement.  Grhasthas , however, are different because although  grhasthas  live in householder life with their wives and children, they are eager for spiritual advancement. Wanting to prove that he had been magnanimous to Nārada Muni, Prajāpati Dakṣa stressed that when Nārada had misled his first sons, Dakṣa had taken no action; he had been kind and tolerant. He was aggrieved, however, because Nārada Muni had misled his sons for a second time. Therefore he wanted to prove that Nārada Muni, although dressed like a  sādhu , was not actually a  sādhu ; he himself, although a householder, was a greater  sādhu  than Nārada Muni.
TEXT 43
तन्तुकृन्तन यवस्त्वमभद्रमचरः पुनः । 
    तसाल्लोकेषु ते मूढ न मवेद्ध्रमतः पदम् ॥४३॥
tantu-kṛntana yan nas tvam 
    abhadram acaraḥ punaḥ 
    tasmāl lokeṣu te mūḍha 
    na bhaved bhramataḥ padam
tantu-kṛntana —O mischief-monger who has mercilessly separated my sons from me;  yat —which;  naḥ —unto us;  tvam —you;  abhadram —an inauspicious thing;  acaraḥ —have done;  punaḥ —again;  tasmāt —therefore;  lokeṣu —in all the planetary systems within the universe;  te —of you;  mūḍha —O rascal not knowing how to act;  na —not;  bhavet —there may be;  bhramataḥ —who are wandering;  padam —an abode.