54 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 2

the universe; natva— making obeisances; nisasada—sat down; tat-ajnaya—by
his (Brahma’s) order.

TRANSLATION

Daksa was adequately welcomed by the president of the great assembly,
Lord Brahma, and after offering him his respect, Daksa, by the order of
Brahma, properly took his seat.

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melo Fs TET AITACATCT: |
TAM aM aarataheates zefas tl < II

pran nisannam mrdam drstva
namrsyat tad-anadrtah

uvaca vamam caksurbhyam
abhiviksya dahann iva

pran—before;nisannam—being seated; mrdam—Lord Siva; drstva—seeing;
na amrsyat—did not tolerate; tat—by him (Siva); anadrtah—not being
respected; uvaca—said; vamam—dishonest; caksurbhyam—with both eyes;
abhiviksya—looking at; dahan—burning; iva—as if.

TRANSLATION

Before taking his seat, however, Daksa was very much offended to see
Lord Siva sitting there and not showing any respect to him. At that time
he became greatly angry, and, his eyes glowing, he began to speak very
strongly against him.

PURPORT

Lord Siva, being the son-in-law of Daksa, was expected to show his
father-in-law respect by standing with the others, but because Lord
Brahma and Lord Siva are the principal demigods, their positions were
greater than Iakga’s. Daksa, however, could not tolerate this, and he took
it as an insult by his son-in-law. Previously, also, he was not very much
satisfied with Lord Siva because Siva looked very poor and was niggardly
in dress.

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