214 Srimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 4, Ch. 7

Thus his punishment continued. He could not use his teeth for eating
purposes because he had laughed at Lord Siva, deriding him by showing
his teeth. In other words, it was not appropriate for him to have teeth
because he had used them against Lord Siva.

TEXT 5

TEAM ATA: Tot KAT FTAA: |
ATTY | TeTTATNAT 4 Il

bahubhyam asvinoh piisno
hastabhyam krta-bahavah

bhavantv adhvaryavas canye
basta-smasrur bhrgur bhavet

bahubhyam—with two arms; asvinoh—of Asvinikumara; pisnah—of
Pusa; hastabhyam— with two hands; krta-bahavah—those in need of arms;
bhavantu—they will have to; adhvaryavah—the priests; ca—and; anye—
others; basta-smasruh—the beard of the goat; bhyguh—Bhrgu; bhavet—he
may have.

TRANSLATION

Those who have had their arms cut off will have to work with the arms
of Asvinikumara, and those whose hands were cut off will have to do their
work with the hands of Puasa. The priests will also have to act in that
manner. As for Bhrgu, he will have the beard from the goat’s head.

PURPORT

Bhrgu Muni, a great supporter of Daksa, was awarded the beard of the
goat’s head which was substituted for the head of Daksa. It appears from
the exchange of Daksa’s head that the modern scientific theory that the
brain substance is the cause of all intelligent work is not valid. The brain
substance of Daksa and that of a goat are different, but Daksa still acted
like himself, even though his head was replaced by that of a goat. The
conclusion is that it is the particular consciousness of an individual
soul which acts. The brain substance is only an instrument which has
nothing to do with real intelligence. The real intelligence, mind and con-
sciousness are part of the particular individual soul. It will be found in the
verses ahead that after Dakga’s head was replaced by the goat’s head, he
