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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.2.17

मैत्रेय उवाच विनिन्द्यैवं स गिरिशमप्रतीपमवस्थितम् । दक्षोऽथाप उपस्पृश्य क्रुद्ध: शप्तुं प्रचक्रमे ॥ १७ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
vinindyaivaṁ sa giriśam
[vinindyaivam sa girisham]
apratīpam avasthitam
[aprateepam avasthitam]
dakṣo ’thāpa upaspṛśya
[daksho ’thaapa upasprishya]
kruddhaḥ śaptuṁ pracakrame
[kruddhah shaptum prachakrame]
Word-for-word
maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said vinindya — abusing evam — thus saḥ — he (Dakṣa) giriśam — Śiva apratīpam — without any hostility avasthitam — remaining dakṣaḥ — Dakṣa atha — now apaḥ — water upaspṛśya — washing hands and mouth kruddhaḥ — angry śaptum — to curse pracakrame — began to.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
Maitreya said
vinindyaivaṁ sa giriśam
vinindya
abusing
evam
thus
saḥ
he (Dakṣa)
giriśam
Śiva
apratīpam avasthitam
apratīpam
without any hostility
avasthitam
remaining
dakṣo ’thāpa upaspṛśya
dakṣaḥ
Dakṣa
atha
now
apaḥ
water
upaspṛśya
washing hands and mouth
kruddhaḥ śaptuṁ pracakrame
kruddhaḥ
angry
śaptum
to curse
pracakrame
began to.
The sage Maitreya continued: Thus Dakṣa, seeing Lord Śiva sitting as if against him, washed his hands and mouth and cursed him in the following words.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: In this way criticizing Śiva, who remained there without hostility, Dakṣa, sipping water, began to curse him in anger. Apratīpam means “without an enemy.”
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Personal Guidance
Dakṣa formally washed his hands and mouth before cursing — ritual purity before an act of violence. Religious form without spiritual substance enables the worst offenses. Don't let your sādhana become cover for cruelty.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I using religious form to authorize what my heart shouldn't do?
  • Does my ritual purify my actions or just decorate them?
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