Text 22] Daksa Curses Lord Siva 65

yah—who (Daksa); etat-martyam—this body; uddisya—with reference to;
bhagavati—to Siva; apratidruhi—who is not envious; druhyati—bears envy;
ajfnah—less intelligent persons; prthak-drstih—the vision of duality; tattva-
tah—from transcendental knowledge; vimukhah—bereft; bhavet—may be-
come.

TRANSLATION

Anyone who has accepted Daksa as the most important personality and
has neglected Lord Siva because of envy is a less intelligent person and,
because of visualizing in duality, will be bereft of transcendental knowledge.

PURPORT

The first curse in this connection by Nandigvara was that anyone
supporting Daksa was foolishly identifying himself with the body, and
therefore, because Daksa had no transcendental knowledge, supporting
him would deprive one of transcendental knowledge. Daksa,
Nandigvara said, identified himself with the body like other materialistic
persons and was trying to derive all kinds of facilities in relationship with
the body. He had excessive attachment for the body and bodily relations
like wife, children, home and other such things, which are different from
the soul. Therefore Nandigvara’s curse was that anyone who supported
Daksa would be bereft of transcendental knowledge of the soul and thus
also be deprived of knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TEXT 22
TY FWY TH Wes |
wat fitat | FeTePveTA: Uz
grhesu kuta-dharmesu
sakto gramya-sukhecchaya
karma-tantram vitanute
vedavada-vipanna-dhih

grhesu—in householder life; kuta-dharmesu—of pretentious religiosity;
saktah—being attracted; gramya-sukha-icchaya—by desire for material
happiness; karma-tantram—fruitive activities; vitanute—he performs;
veda-vada—by the explanations of the Vedas; vipanna-dhth-intelligence
being lost.
