64 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 2

vijiaya—understan ding; sapam—the curse ;girisa— of Siva;anuga-agranih—
one of the principal associates; nandisvarah—Nandigvara; rosa—anger;
kasaya—red; dusitah—blinded; daksaya—to Daksa; sapam—a curse; visa-
sarja— gave; darunam—harsh; ye— who; ca—and; anvamodan-— tolerated; tat-
avacyatam-—the cursing of Siva; dvijah—brahmanas.

TRANSLATION

Nandigvara, one of the principal associates of Lord Siva, upon under-
standing that Lord Siva had been cursed, became greatly angry. His eyes
became red, and he also prepared to curse Daksa and all the brahmanas
present there who tolerated Daksa’s cursing Siva in harsh words.

PURPORT

There is a long-standing dissension among some of the neophyte
Vaisnavas and Saivites; they are always at loggerheads. When Daksa cursed
Lord Siva in harsh words, some of the brahmapas present might have
enjoyed it because some brahmanas do not very much admire Lord Siva.
This is due to their ignorance of Lord Siva’s position. Nandiévara was
also affected by the cursing, but he did not follow the example of Lord
Siva, who was also present there. Lord Siva could also have cursed Dakga
in a similar way, but he was silent and tolerant; Nandisvara, his follower,
however, was not tolerant. Of course, as a follower it was right for him not
to tolerate an insult to his master, but he should not have also cursed the
brahmanas who were present. The entire issue was so complicated that
those who were not strong enough forgot their positions, and thus cursing
and countercursing went on in that great assembly. In other words, the
material field is so unsteady that even personalities like Nandisvara,
Daksa and many of the brahmanas present were also infected by the atmo-
sphere of anger.

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ya etan-martyam uddisya
bhagavaty apratidruhi
druhyaty ajiah prthag-drstis

tattvato vimukho bhavet
