Text 43] | Narada Muni Cursed by Prajapati Daksa 315

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

Prajapati Daksa wanted to prove that he had been most tolerant in not
having said anything when Narada Muni, for no reason, induced his ten
thousand innocent sons to adopt the path of renunciation. Sometimes
householders are accused of being grhamedhis, for grhamedhis 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
Narada Muni, Prajapati Daksa stressed that when Narada had misled his
first sons, Daksa had taken no action; he had been kind and tolerant. He
was aggrieved, however, because Narada Muni had misled his sons for a
second time. Therefore he wanted to prove that Narada Muni, although
dressed like a sddhu, was not actually a sédhu; he himself, although a
householder, was a greater s@dhu than Narada Muni.

TEXT 43

TUSTA TARIAARAAE «Ga? |
AMET F Te a AMARA: AH U82I

tantu-krntana yan nas tvam
abhadram acarah punah
tasmal lokesu te miidha
na bhaved bhramatah padam

tantu-krntana—O mischief-monger who has mercilessly separated
my sons from me; yat—which; nah—unto us; tvam—you; abhadram—
an inauspicious thing; acarah—have done; punah—again; tasmat—
therefore; /okesu—in all the planetary systems within the universe; te—
of you; midha—O rascal not knowing how to act; na—not; bhavet—
there may be; bhramatah—who are wandering; padam—an abode.
