CHAPTER FIVE

Frustration of the Sacrifice of Daksa

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maitreya uvaca
bhavo bhavanya nidhanam prajapater
asat-krtaya avagamya naradat
sva-parsada-sainyam ca tad-adhvararbhubhir
vidravitam krodham aparam adadhe

maitreyah uvaca—Maitreya said; bhavah—Lord Siva; bhavanyah—of Sati;
nidhanam—the death; prajapateh—because of Prajapati Daksa; asat-krtayah
—having been insulted; avagamya—hearing about; naradat—from Narada;
sva-parsada-sainyam—the soldiers of his own associates; ca—and; tat-adhva-
ra—(produced from) his (Daksga’s) sacrifice; rbhubhih—by the Rbhus;
vidravitam—were driven away; krodham—anger; aparam—unbounded; ada-
dhe—showed.

TRANSLATION

Maitreya said: When Lord Siva heard from Narada that Sati, his wife,
was now dead because of Prajapati Daksa’s insult to her and that his
soldiers had been driven away by the Rbhu demigods, he became greatly
angry.

PURPORT

Lord Siva understood that Sati, being the youngest daughter of Daksa,
could present the case of Lord Siva’s purity of purpose and thus would be

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