CHAPTER SIX
Brahma Satisfies Lord Siva

TEXTS 1-2

aq vara
AY BM: Al VAS: TAs: |
qerfsattearcrataage: eu
Aerwreaaaty: Aaa HATS: |
BIFYI AHA HUSA aT HAITI |! 2 II

maitreya uvaca
atha deva-ganah sarve
rudranikaih parajitah
Sula-pat tisa-nistrimsa-
gada-parigha-mudgaraih
sanchinna-bhinna-sarvangah
sartvik-sabhya bhayakulah
svayambhuve namaskrtya
kartsnyenaitan nyavedayan

maitreyah uvaca—Maitreya said; atha—after this; deva-ganah—all the
demigods; sarve—all; rudra-antkaih—by the soldiers of Lord ‘diva a; parajitah—
having been defeated; siila—trident; patfisa—a sharp-edged spear; nistrim-
sa—a sword; gada— mace; parigha—an iron bludgeon; mudgaraih—a hammer-
like weapon; safichinna-bhinna-sarvangah—all the limbs wounded; sa-rtvik-
sabhyah—with all the priests and members of the sacrificial assembly;
bhaya-akulah—with great fear; suayambhuve—unto Lord Brahma; namas-
krtya—after offering obeisances; kartsnyena—in detail; etat—the events ef
Daksa’s sacrifice; nyavedayan—reported.

TRANSLATION

All the priests and other members of the sacrificial assembly and all the
demigods, being defeated by the soldiers of Lord Siva and injured by

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