Text 5] Lord Brahma Satisfies Lord Siva 171
tat—the events related by the demigods and the others; akarnya— after
hearing; vibhuh—Lord Brahma; praha—replied; lejiyasi—a great personality ;
krta-dgasi—has been offended; ksemaya—for your happiness; tatra—in that
way; sa—that; bhuyat na—is not conducive; prayena—generally; bubhu-
satam— desire to exist.
TRANSLATION
When Lord Brahma heard everything from the demigods and the
members who had attended the sacrifice, he replied: You cannot be
happy in executing a sacrifice if you blaspheme a great personality and
thereby offend his lotus feet. You cannot have happiness in that way.
PURPORT
Lord Brahmi explained to the demigods that although Daksa wanted to
enjoy the results of fruitive sacrificial activities, it is not possible to enjoy
when one offends a great personality like Lord Siva. It was good for Dakga
to have died in the fight because if he had lived he would have committed
such offenses at the lotus feet of great personalities again and again. Accord-
ing to Manu’s law, when a person commits murder, punishment is beneficial
for him because if he is not killed then he might commit more and more
murders and therefore be entangled in his future lives for having killed so
many persons. Therefore the king’s punishment of a murderer is appro-
priate. If those who are extremely offensive are killed by the grace of the
Lord, that is good for them. In other words, Lord Brahma explained to the
demigods that it was good for Daksa to have been killed.
TEXT 5
sent qd gafafern va
y afet ani weg |
mere eaRITA
fared srretafepray | 4 II
athapi ywyam krla-kilbisa bhavam
ye barhiso bhaga-bhajam paraduh
prasadayadhvam parisuddha-celasa
kstpra-prasadam pragrhita-anghri-padmam
athapi—still; yiyam—all of you; krta-kilbisah—having committed of-
fenses; bhavam—Lord Siva; ye—all of you; barhisah—of the sacrifice; bhagn-
