a2 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 5

tam kim karomiti grnantam aha
baddhanjalim bhagavan bhuta-nathah

daksam sa-yajnam jahi mad-bhatanam
tvam agrani rudra bhatamsako me

tam—to him (Virabhadra); kim—what; karomi—shall 1 do; iti—thus;
grnantam—asking; aha—ordered; baddha-aifijalim—with folded hands; bha-
gavan—the possessor of all opulences (Lord Siva); bhiita-nathah—the lord
of the ghosts; daksam—Daksa; sa-yajfiam—along with his sacrifice; jahi—
kill; mat-bhatanam—of all my associates; tuam—you; agranth—the chief;
rudra—O Rudra; bhata—O expert in battle; amsakah—born of my body;
me-my.

TRANSLATION

When that gigantic demon asked with folded hands, ‘What shall |
do, my lord?” Lord Siva, who is known as Bhiitanatha, directly ordered,
“Because you are born from my body, you are the chief of all my asso-
ciates. Therefore, kill Dakga and his soldiers at the sacrifice.”

PURPORT

Here is the beginning of competition between brahma-tejas and
Siva-tejas. Bhrgu Muni had created the Rbhu demigods, who had driven
away the soldiers of Lord Siva stationed in the arena, by his brahma-tejas,
brahminical strength. When Lord Siva heard that his soldiers had been
driven away, he created the tall black demon Virabhadra to retaliate.
There is sometimes a competition between the mode of goodness and the
mode of ignorance. That is the way of material existence. Even when one
is situated in the mode of goodness, there is every possibility that his
position will be mixed with or attacked by the modes of passion or
ignorance. That is the law of material nature. Although pure goodness, or
Suddha-sattva, is the basic principle in the spiritual world, pure manifesta-
tion of goodness is not possible in this material world. Thus, the struggle
for existence between different material qualities is always present. This
quarrel between Lord Siva and Bhrgu Muni, centering around Prajapati
Daksa, is the practical example of such competition between the different
qualitative modes of material nature.

TEXT 5

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a ate otana fray!
