Text 10] Daksa Curses Lord Siva 55

sruyatam brahmarsayo me
saha-devah sahagnayah
sadhunarm bruvato urttam

§ruyatam—hear; brahmarsayah—O sages among the brahmanas ;me—unto
me; saha-devah—O demigods; saha-agnayah—O fire-gods; sadhunam—of the
gentle; bruvatah—speaking; vrttam—the manners; na—not; ajnanat—from
ignorance; na ca—and not; matsarat—from envy.

TRANSLATION

All sages, brahmanas and fire-gods present here, please hear me with
attention, for | am speaking about the manners of gentle persons. I am
not speaking out of ignorance or envy.

PURPORT

In speaking against Lord Siva, Daksa tried to pacify the assembly by
presenting in a very tactful way that he was going to speak about the
manners of gentle persons, although naturally this might affect some
unmannerly upstarts and the assembly might be unhappy because they
did not want even unmannerly persons to be offended. In other words, he
was in complete knowledge that he was speaking against Lord Siva in
spite of Siva’s spotless character. As far as envy is concerned, from the
very beginning he was envious of Lord Siva; therefore he could not
distinguish his own particular envy. Although he spoke like a man in
ignorance, he wanted to cover his statements by saying that he was not
speaking for impudent and envious reasons.

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afarakta: Tat aa HAGA ZT Moll

ayam tu loka-palanam
yaso-ghno nirapatrapah

sadbhir acaritah pantha
yena stabdhena dusitah

ayam—he (Siva); tu—but; loka-palanam— of the governors of the universe;
yasah-ghnah—spoiling the fame; nirapatrapah—shameless; sad bhih —by those
of gentle manner; acaritah—followed; panthah—the path; yena—by whom
(Siva); stabdhena—being devoid of proper actions; diisitah—is polluted.
