Text 36] = Narada Muni Cursed by Prajapati Daksa 303
Priyavrata and Uttanapada. He had delivered Uttanapada’s son Dhruva
and had even delivered Pracinabarhi, who was engaged in fruitive
activities. Nevertheless, he could not deliver Prajapati Daksa. Prajapati
Daksa saw Narada before him because Narada had personally come to
deliver him. Narada Muni took the opportunity to approach Prajapati
Daksa in his bereavement because the time of bereavement is a suitable
time for appreciating bhakti-yoga. As stated in Bhagavad-gita (7.16),
four kinds of men—4arta (one who is distressed), artharthi (one in need
of money), jijfidsu (one who is inquisitive) and jrani (a person in
knowledge) —try to understand devotional service. Prajapati Daksa was
in great distress because of the loss of his sons, and therefore Narada
took the opportunity to instruct him regarding liberation from material
bondage.
TEXT 36
fee SAF
Fel TAT AIA AtgfawaA AIT |
sererertaeat Firatatat: safle: Ral
Sri-daksa uvdaca
aho asddho sadhinam
sddhu-lingena nas tvaya
asadhv akary arbhakanam
bhiksor margah pradarsitah

$ri-daksah uvaéca—Prajapati Daksa said; aho asddho—O greatly
dishonest nondevotee; sadhiindm—of the society of devotees and great
sages; sddhu-lingena—wearing the dress of a saintly person; nah—unto
us; tvaya—by you; asddhu—a dishonesty; akari—has been done;
arbhakaném—of poor boys who were very inexperienced; bhiksoh
margah—the path of a beggar or mendicant sannydasi; pradarsitah—
shown.

TRANSLATION

Prajapati Daksa said: Alas, Narada Muni, you wear the dress of a

saintly person, but you are not actually a saint. Indeed, although I
