Text 18] Daksa Curses Lord Siva 61

TEXT 17

aaa Tara
fafaedd a fiaftardreaafeay |
SHSMT SIT Had TAR 201

mattreya uvaca
vinindyaivam sa girisam
apratipam avasthitam
dakso’thapa upasprsya
kruddhah saptum pracakrame

maitreyah uvaca— Maitreya said; vinindya—abusing; evam—thus; sah—he
(Daksa); girisam—Siva; apratipam—without any hostility; avasthitam—re-
maining; daksah — Daksa;atha—now ;apah— water; upasprsya— washing hands
and mouth; kruddhah— angry ; saptum—to curse; pracakrame— began to.

TRANSLATION

The sage Maitreya continued: Thus Daksa, seeing Lord Siva sitting as if
against him, washed his hands and mouth and cursed him in the following
words.

TEXT 18

wt ¢ traaa raitealehraa: |

a aia saat Wan: Ill

ayam tu deva-yajana
indropendradibhir bhavah

saha bhagam na labhatam
devair deva-ganadhamah

ayam—that; tu—but;deva-yajane—in the sacrifice of the demigods; indra-
upendra-adibhih—with Indra, Upendra and the others; bhavah—Siva; saha—
along with; bhagam—a portion; na—not; labhatam—should obtain; devaih—
with the demigods; deva-gana-adhamah—the lowest of all the demigods.

TRANSLATION

The demigods are eligible to share in the oblations of sacrifice, but Lord
Siva, who is lowest of all the demigods, should not have a share.
