Text 25] Daksa Curses Lord Siva 67
TEXT 24
frnrafarherat aaacamat az: |
dace 3 aR WaeAhrAT URI
vidya-buddhir avidyayam
karma-mayyam asau jadah
samsarantv tha ye camum
anu Sarvavamaninam
vid ya-buddhih— materialistic education and intelligence; avidyayam—in
nescience; karma-mayyam—formed of fruitive activities; asau—he
(Daksa); jadah—dull; sanisarantu—let them take birth again and again;
tha—here in this world; ye—who; ca—and; amum— Daksa; anu—following;
sarva—Siva; avamaninam—insulting.
TRANSLATION
Those who have become as dull as matter by cultivating materialistic
education and intelligence are nesciently involved in fruitive activities.
Such men have purposely insulted Lord Siva. May they continue in the
cycle of repeated birth and death.
PURPORT
The three curses mentioned above are sufficient to make one as dull as
stone, void of spiritual knowledge and preoccupied with materialistic
education, which is nescience. After uttering these curses, Nandigvara
then cursed the brahmanas to continue in the cycle of birth and death
because of their supporting Daksa in blaspheming Lord Siva.
TEXT 25
fir: garn: gftren ayaa after |
Wal WeAaaad: AYA BATE ll
girah srutayah puspinya
madhu-gandhena bhitrina
mathna conmathitatmanah
sammuhyantu hara-dvisah
girah—words; srutayah—of the Vedas; puspinyah— flowery; madhu-
gandhena—with the scent of honey; bhurina—profuse; mathna—enchant-
