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2024-04-26, 6:41 PM |
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Chapter
2: Daksha
Curses Lord S'iva
(1) Vidura said: 'Why exhibited Daksha enmity
towards Lord S'iva, the best among the gentle ones, while he neglected
his
daughter Satî whom he cared so much about? (2) How could he hate him who is the spiritual master of
the
entire world and who, being satisfied within with
a
peaceful
personality and
free
from
enmity, is the greatest demigod of the universe? (3)
Tell me therefore, oh brahmin, the reason why the father-in-law
and son-in-law quarreled and thus Satî came to give up
life which is so difficult to give up.'
(4) Maitreya said:
'Once in the past at a
sacrifice held by the ruler of creation [the Prajâpati], the
immortal ones of
creation, the great sages
along with the philosophers, the demigods and the gods of the
sacrificial fire together with all their followers had assembled. (5)
When
he [Daksha] arrived at that
great assembly the sages could see him as someone who, free from
the darkness of ignorance, shone like the sun. (6)
They, the members
of the assembly along with the ones taking care of the fire, impressed
by
his luster all with the exception of Lord Brahmâ and Lord S'iva, stood up
from their seats. (7)
Daksha, the one of all opulence who was
properly welcomed by the leaders of the assembly, made his obeisances
towards the one unborn, the master of the world, and sat down upon his
order. (8) Before he took his seat though he felt
insulted by Lord S'iva who showed no
sign of respect, and losing his temper he with an angry
look in his eyes said the following. (9)
'Listen to me,
oh
wise among the brahmins, oh godly ones, oh fire gods, how I speak to
you
about the manners of the gentle ones, and this I do not out of
ignorance or jealousy. (10) He
[S'iva] lacking in manners, has shamelessly
spoilt the fame of the rulers
of the universe and polluted the path followed by the
gentle ones. (11)
He, acting like an honest man, [as a son of mine] has
accepted to be of a lower position in taking
the hand of my daughter in the presence of fire and brahmins. (12)
He with accepting the hand of her who has eyes like
that of a deer cub, himself having the eyes of a monkey, has not as it should with a word of welcome honored me by standing up
from his seat. (13) Contrary to what I want I have given my
daughter to him who with no
respect for the rules and regulations, impure and proud has
broken with
the code of civility; it is as if I gave the message of the Vedas to a s'ûdra! (14-15) Accompanied by ghosts and demons he wanders
around at the burial places where corpses are burnt, and laughs and
cries there like a madman, with scattered hair smearing himself with
the
ashes of the funeral pyre. He has a garland of skulls and is ornamented
with dead man's bones; only in name he is S'iva or auspicious. He is in
fact inauspicious, crazy and dear to the crazy, he is their leader and
Lord
engrossed in the mode of ignorance. (16)
To him, the Lord
of Ghosts void of all cleanliness and with a heart full of nasty
matters, I alas, upon the request of the supreme teacher
[Brahmâ], have
given away Satî.'
(17) Maitreya said:
'After thus having abused S'iva who remained without hostility, Daksha
next rinsed his hands and mouth with water and began to curse him angrily:
(18)
'The portion of the sacrifice for God that the demigods along
with Indra, Upendra [the younger brother of Indra] and others are
entitled to, is there not
for the lowest of the demigods.' (19)
Even though the members of
the assembly urged him not to, Daksha, having cursed S'iva, left the
place and went home oh Vidura, for he had gotten very angry. (20)
Understanding
that Lord S'iva had been cursed, one of his principal associates
Nandis'vara, turned red and blind with anger he harshly cursed
Daksha and the brahmins who had allowed that the cursing happened.
(21) 'May he who in
the physical presence of him, the non-envious Lord S'iva, bears envy
and
thus is stupefied by a dual vision, lose all his grip on reality. (22)
He who is attracted to a
householder's life
of pretentious religiosity and in a desire for material happiness performs
fruitive activities, will see
his intelligence concerning the Vedic word fail. (23)
Let him who,
with the
intelligence of taking the body for one's self, has forgotten the
knowledge of Vishnu and as an animal is attached to his sex life, that
excessive Daksha,
soon have the head of a goat! (24) May
those who follow Daksha in his insults and dulled in the
ignorance of
their fruitive activities have
lost their intelligence and
knowledge, time and again end up
here in the ocean of material
suffering. (25) Let
those who are so envious
with Lord S'iva and whose minds have grown slow because of the
enchanting
flowery words of the Vedas that are so pervaded with the scent of
honey, for ever be stupefied. (26) Let those brahmins, who have taken to
education, austerity and vows for the purpose of acquiring money and
satisfying
their physical senses, as beggars wander from door to door, eating
whatever!'
(27) When Bhrigu heard the words of this curse against
the class of the twice-born, he in response pronounced an
insurmountable curse in accord with the brahminical way of chastising: (28) 'May anyone who takes a vow to please Lord
S'iva and follows such principles, become an atheist straying away from
the scriptural injunctions. (29)
Let those who took initiation to worship S'iva and abandoned cleanliness, foolishly have
their hairs
long, wear bones and are covered by ashes, find their destiny in intoxication. (30)
Because you blaspheme the
Vedas and the brahmins in support
of the established rules of society,
you
have
therefore
sought
your
refuge
in
atheism. (31)
In
the Vedas, which in the past
have always been rigidly followed for being the auspicious, eternal path for all
people, one
finds the evidence of Janârdana [the Lord as the well-wisher of
all]. (32)
Blaspheming that supreme and pure spirit
which is the eternal path of the truthful, you are doomed to end up in
atheism
wherein the Lord of matter and
death [S'iva as
Bhûtapati] is your deity!'
(33) Maitreya said: 'After S'iva thus was mentioned
in the
curse of Bhrigu, the Supreme One, somewhat downcast, left the place
together with his followers. (34)
And so the fathers of mankind for a thousand years settled for the
sacrifice oh great master, in which the chief of all gods is Hari, the
Supreme Personality. (35) After purifying their hearts by taking
their ceremonial, concluding bath where the Ganges meets the
Yamunâ, they all left from there to return to their own places.'
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