Text 16] The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 225
gratitude to him. Sometimes a father punishes his child, and when the
child is grown up and comes to his senses, he understands that the
father’s punishment was not actually punishment but mercy. Similarly,
Daksa appreciated that the punishment offered to him by Lord Siva was a
manifestation of his mercy. That is the symptom of a person who is mak-
ing progress on the path of Krsna consciousness. It is said that a devotee in
Krsna consciousness never takes any miserable condition of life to be
condemnation by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He accepts the
miserable condition to be the grace of the Lord. He thinks, “I would have
been punished or put into a more dangerous condition of life due to my
past misdeeds, but the Lord has protected me. Thus I have received only a
little punishment as token execution of the law of karma.” Thinking of
His grace in that way, a devotee always surrenders to the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead more and more seriously and is not disturbed by such
so-called punishment.

TEXT 16

ASN

aa Sara

Aad a Htgate reo agateaa: |
~ MN
ee TATATAT TTT MAT: 114
maitreya uvaca
ksamapyaivam sa midhvamsam
brahmana caénumantritah
karma santanaydmasa
sopadhydayartvig-adibhih
maitreyah—the sage Maitreya; wvaca—said; ksama—forgiveness; dpya—
receiving; evam—thus; sah—King Daksa; midhvarisam —unto Lord Siva;
brahmana—along with Lord Brahma; ca—also; anumantritah—being per-
mitted; karma—the sacrifice; santanayamasa—began again; sa—along with;
upadh yaya—learned sages; rtvik—the priests; ddibhih—and others.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya said: Thus being pardoned by Lord Siva, King

Daksa, with the permission of Lord Brahma, again began the performance
of the yajna, along with the great learned sages, the priests and others.
