Text 8] Narada Muni Cursed by Prajapati Daksa 265

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uvaca catha haryasvah
katham sraksyatha vai prajah
adrstvantam bhuvo yiyam

balisa bata palakah

tathaika-purusam rastram
bilam cadrsta-nirgamam

bahu-ritpam striyam capi
pumdmsam pumscali-patim

nadim ubhayato vaham
panca-pancadbhutam grham

kvacid dhamsam citra-katharn
ksaura-pavyam svayam bhrami

uvadca—he said; ca—also; atha—thus; haryasvah—O Haryaévas,
sons of Prajapati Daksa; katham—why; sraksyatha—you will beget;
vai—indeed; prajah—progeny; adrstva—having not seen; antam—the
end; bhuvah—of this earth; yiiyam—all of you; balisah—
inexperienced; bata—alas; palakah—although ruling princes; tatha—
so also; eka—one: purusam—man: rdastram—kingdom: bilam—the
hole; ca—also; adrsta-nirgamam—from which there is no coming out;
bahu-ripam—taking many forms; striyam—the woman; ca—and;
api—even; pumadmsam—the man; purscali-patim—the husband of a
prostitute; nadim—a river; ubhayatah—in both ways; vaham—which
flows; panca-parca—of five multiplied by five (twenty-five);
adbhutam—a wonder; grham—the house; kvacit—somewhere:
harnsam—a swan; citra-katham—whose story is wonderful; ksaura-
pavyam—made of sharp razors and thunderbolts; svayam—itself;
bhrami—revolving.
