224 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 7

Persons who are simply attached to Vedic rituals, without further advance-
ment of devotional service or Krsna consciousness, are almost like animals,
and Lord Siva is in charge of giving them protection and sometimes
punishing them, as he punished Daksa.

TEXT 15

sat AaeaT TSM TAT
frat TERRA TAY |
FANG TATE TARA

TATE
SUMS 8 AAT AHA TAAL

yo’sau maydavidita-tattva-drsa sabhayam
ksipto durukti-visikhair viganayya tan mam

arvak patantam arhattama-nindayapad
drstyardraya sa bhagavan sva-krtena tusyet

yah—who; asau—that; mayd—by me; avidita-tattva— without knowing
the actual fact; drsa—by experience; sabhayam—in the assembly ; ksiptah—
was abused; durukti—unkind words; visikhaih—by the arrowsof; viganayya
—taking no notice of; tat—that; mam—me; arvak—downwards; patantam—
gliding down to hell; arhattama—the most respectable; nindaya—by de-
famation; apat—saved; drstyd—seeing; ardraya—out of compassion; sah—
that; bhagavan— Your Lordship; sva-krtena—by your own mercy; tusyet—
be satisfied.

TRANSLATION

1 did not know your full glories. For this reason, | threw arrows of sharp
words at you in the open assembly, although you did not take them into
account. | was going down to hell because of my disobedience to you, who
are the most respectable personality, but you took compassion upon me
and saved me by awarding punishment. | request that you be pleased by
your own mercy, since I cannot satisfy you by my words.

PURPORT

As usual, a devotee in an adverse condition of life accepts such a condi-
tion to be the mercy of the Lord. Factually, the insulting words used by
Daksa against Lord Siva were enough to have him thrown perpetually into
a hellish life. But Lord Siva, being kind toward him, awarded him punish-
ment to neutralize the offense. King Daksa realized this, and, feeling
obliged for Lord Siva’s magnanimous behavior, he wanted to show his
