> > Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 4
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> > Canto 4 Part 1

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> > Chapter Five: Frustration of the Sacrifice of Daksa

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> > TEXT 1

> > maitreya uvaca

> > bhavo bhavanya nidhanam prajapater

> > asat-krtaya avagamya naradat

> > sva-parsada-sainyam ca tad-adhvararbhubhir

> > vidravitam krodham aparam adadhe

> > maitreyah uvaca--Maitreya said; bhavah--Lord Siva; bhavanyah--. of Sati; nidhanam--the death; prajapateh--because of Prajapati Daksa; asat-krtayah--having been insulted; avagamya--hearing about; naradat--from Narada; sva-parsada-sainyam--the soldiers of his own associates; ca--and; tat-adhvara--(produced from) his (Daksa's) sacrifice; rbhubhih--by the Rbhus; vidravitam--were driven away; krodham--anger; aparam--unbounded; adadhe--showed.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Maitreya said: When Lord Siva heard from Narada that Sati, his wife, was now dead because of Prajapati Daksa's insult to her and that his soldiers had been driven away by the Rbhu demigods, he became greatly angry.

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> > TEXT 2

> > kruddhah sudastaustha-putah sa dhur jatir

> > jatam tadid-vahni-satogra-rocisam

> > utkrtya rudrah sahasotthito hasan

> > gambhira-nado visasarja tam bhuvi

> > kruddhah--very angry; su-dasta-ostha-putah--pressing his lips with his teeth; sah--he (Lord Siva); dhuh jatih--having a cluster of hair on his head; jatam--one hair; tadit--of electricity; vahni--of fire; sata--a flame; ugra--terrible; rocis am--blazing; utkrtya--snatching; rudrah--Lord Siva; sahasa--at once; utthitah--stood up; hasan--laughing; gambhira--deep; nadah--sound; visasarja--dashed; tam--that (hair); bhuvi--on the ground.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Thus Lord Siva, being extremely angry, pressed his lips with his teeth and immediately snatched from his head a strand of hair which blazed like electricity or fire. He stood up at once, laughing like a madman, and dashed the hair to the ground.

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> > TEXT 3

> > tato 'tikayas tanuva sprsan divam

> > sahasra-bahur ghana-ruk tri-surya-drk

> > karala-damstro jvalad-agni-murdhajah

> > kapala-mali vividhodyatayudhah

> > tatah--at this time; atikayah--a great personality (Virabhadra); tanuva--with his body; sprsan--touching; divam--the sky; sahasra--a thousand; bahuh--arms; ghana-ruk--of black color; tri-surya-drk--as bright as three suns combined; karala-damstrah--having very fearful teeth; jvalat-agni--(like) burning fire; murdhajah--having hair on his head; kapala-mali--garlanded with men's heads; vividha--various kinds; udyata--upraised; ayudhah--equipped with weapons.

> > TRANSLATION

> > A fearful black demon as high as the sky and as bright as three suns combined was thereby created, his teeth very fearful and the hairs on his head like burning fire. He had thousands of arms, equipped with various weapons, and he was garlanded with the heads of men.

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> > TEXT 4

> > tam kim karomiti grnantam aha

> > baddhanjalim bhagavan bhuta-nathah

> > daksam sa-yajnam jahi mad-bhatanam

> > tvam agrani rudra bhatamsako me

> > tam--to him (Virabhadra); kim--what; karomi--shall I do; iti--thus; grnantam--asking; aha--ordered; baddha-anjalim--with folded hands; bhagavan--the possessor of all opulences (Lord Siva); bhuta-nathah--the lord of the ghosts; daksam--Daksa; sa-yajnam--along with his sacrifice; jahi--kill; mat-bhatanam--of all my associates; tvam--you; agranih--the chief; rudra--O Rudra; bhata--O expert in battle; amsakah--born of my body; me--my.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When that gigantic demon asked with folded hands, "What shall I do, my lord?" Lord Siva, who is known as Bhutanatha, directly ordered, "Because you are born from my body, you are the chief of all my associates. Therefore, kill Daksa and his soldiers at the sacrifice."

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> > TEXT 5

> > ajnapta evam kupitena manyuna

> > sa deva-devam paricakrame vibhum

> > mene tadatmanam asanga-ramhasa

> > mahiyasam tata sahah sahis num

> > ajnaptah--being ordered; evam--in this manner; kupitena--angry; manyuna--by Lord Siva (who is anger personified); sah--he (Virabhadra); deva-devam--he who is worshiped by the demigods; paricakrame--circumambulated; vibhum--Lord Siva; mene--considered; tada--at that time; atmanam--himself; asan ga-ramhasa--with the power of Lord Siva that cannot be opposed; mahiyasam--of the most powerful; tata--my dear Vidura; sahah--strength; sahisnum--capable of coping with.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, that black person was the personified anger of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he was prepared to execute the orders of Lord Siva. Thus, considering himself capable of coping with any power offered against him, he circumambulated Lord Siva.

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> > TEXT 6

> > anviyamanah sa tu rudra-parsadair

> > bhrsam nadadbhir vyanadat subhairavam

> > udyamya sulam jagad-antakantakam

> > sampradravad ghosana-bh usanan ghrih

> > anviyamanah--being followed; sah--he (Virabhadra); tu--but; rudra-parsadaih--by the soldiers of Lord Siva; bhrsam--tumultuously; nadadbhih--roaring; vyanadat--sounded; su-bhairavam--very fearful; udyamya--carrying; sulam--a trident; jagat-antaka--death; antakam--killing; sampradravat--hurried towards (the sacrifice of Daksa); ghosana--roaring; bhusana-anghrih--with bangles on his legs.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Many other soldiers of Lord Siva followed the fierce personality in a tumultuous uproar. He carried a great trident, fearful enough to kill even death, and on his legs he wore bangles which seemed to roar.

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> > TEXT 7

> > athartvijo yajamanah sadasyah

> > kakubhy udicyam prasamiksya renum

> > tamah kim etat kuta etad rajo 'bhud

> > iti dvija dvija-patayas ca dadhyuh

> > atha--at that time; rtvijah--the priests; yajamanah--the chief person performing the sacrifice (Daksa); sadasyah--all the persons assembled in the sacrificial arena; kakubhi udicyam--in the northern direction; prasamiksya--seeing; renum--the dust storm; tamah--darkness; kim--what; etat--this; kutah--from where; etat--this; rajah--dust; abhut--has come; iti--thus; dvijah--the brahmanas; dvija-patayah--the wives of the brahmanas; ca--and; dadhyuh--began to speculate.

> > TRANSLATION

> > At that time, all the persons assembled in the sacrificial arena--the priests, the chief of the sacrificial performance, and the brahmanas and their wives--wondered where the darkness was coming from. Later they could understand that it was a dust storm, and all of them were full of anxiety.

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> > TEXT 8

> > vata na vanti na hi santi dasyavah

> > pracina-barhir jivati hogra-dandah

> > gavo na kalyanta idam kuto rajo

> > loko 'dhuna kim pralayaya kalpate

> > vatah--the winds; na vanti--are not blowing; na--not; hi--because; santi--are possible; dasyavah--plunderers; pracina-barhih--old King Barhi; jivati--is living; ha--still; ugra-dandah--who would sternly punish; gavah--the cows; na kalyante--are not being driven; idam--this; kutah--from where; rajah--dust; lokah--the planet; adhuna--now; kim--is it; pralayaya--for dissolution; kaipate--to be considered ready.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Conjecturing on the origin of the storm, they said: There is no wind blowing, and no cows are passing, nor is it possible that this dust storm could be raised by plunderers, for there is still the strong King Barhi, who would punish them. Where is this dust storm blowing from? Is the dissolution of the planet now to occur?

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> > TEXT 9

> > prasuti-mirah striya udvigna-citta

> > ucur vipako vrjinasyaiva tasya

> > yat pasyantinam duhitrnam prajesah

> > sutam satim avadadhyav anagam

> > prasuti-mirah--headed by Prasuti; striyah--the women; udvigna-cittah--being very anxious; ucuh--said; vipakah--the resultant danger; vrjinasya--of the sinful activity; eva--indeed; tasya--his (Daksa's); yat--because; pasyantinam--who were looking on; duhitrnam--of her sisters; prajesah--the lord of the created beings (Daksa); sutam--his daughter; satim--Sati; avadadhyau--insulted; anagam--completely innocent.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Prasuti, the wife of Daksa, along with the other women assembled, became very anxious and said: This danger has been created by Daksa because of the death of Sati, who, even though completely innocent, quit her body as her sisters looked on.

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> > TEXT 10

> > yas tv anta-kale vyupta jata-kalapah

> > sva-sula-sucy-arpita-dig-gajendrah

> > vitatya nrtyaty uditastra-dor-dhvajan

> > uccatta-hasa-stanayitau-bhinna-dik

> > yah--who (Lord Siva); tu--but; anta-kale--at the time of dissolution; vyupta--having scattered; jata-kalapah--his bunch of hair; sva-sula--his own trident; suci--on the points; arpita--pierced; dik-gajendrah--the rulers of the different directions; vitatya--scattering; nrtyati--dances; udita--upraised; astra--weapons; doh--hands; dhvajan--flags; ucca--loud; atta-hasa--laughing; stanayitnu--by the thundering sound; bhinna--divided; dik--the directions.

> > TRANSLATION

> > At the time of dissolution, Lord Siva's hair is scattered, and he pierces the rulers of the different directions with his trident. He laughs and dances proudly, scattering their hands like flags, as thunder scatters the clouds all over the world.

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> > TEXT 11

> > amarsayitva tam asahya-tejasam

> > manyu-plutam durniriksyam bhru-kutya

> > karala-dam strabhir udasta-bhaganam

> > syat svasti kim kopayato vidhatuh

> > amarsayitva--after causing to become angry; tam--him (Lord Siva); asahya-tejasam--with an unbearable effulgence; manyu-plutam--filled with anger; durniriksyam--not able to be looked at; bhru-kutya--by the movement of his brows; karala-dam strabhih--by his fearful teeth; udasta-bhaganam--having scattered the luminaries; syat--there should be; svasti--good fortune; kim--how; kopayatah--causing (Lord Siva) to be angry; vidhatuh--of Brahma.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The gigantic black man bared his fearful teeth. By the movements of his brows he scattered the luminmies all over the sky, and he covered them with his strong, piercing effulgence. Because of the misbehavior of Daksa, even Lord Brahma, Daksa's father, could not have been saved from the great exhibition of anger.

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> > TEXT 12

> > bahv evam udvigna-drsocyamane

> > janena daksasya muhur mahatmanah

> > utpetur utpatatamah sahasraso

> > bhayavaha divi bhumau ca paryak

> > bahu--much; evam--in this manner; udvigna-drsa--with nervous glances; ucyamane--while this was being said; janena--by the persons (assembled at the sacrifice); daksasya--of Daksa; muhuh--again and again; maha-atmanah--stronghearted; utpetuh--appeared; utpatatamah--very powerful symptoms; sahasrasah--by the thousands; bhaya-avahah--producing fear; divi--in the sky; bhumau--on the earth; ca--and; paryak--from all sides.

> > TRANSLATION

> > While all the people talked amongst themselves, Daksa saw dangerous omens from all sides, from the earth and from the sky.

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> > TEXT 13

> > tavat sa rudranucarair maha-makho

> > nanayudhair vamanakair udayudhaih

> > pingaih piangair makarodarananaih

> > paryadravadbhir viduranvarudhyata

> > tavat--very quickly; sah--that; rudra-anucaraih--by the followers of Lord Siva; maha-makhah--the arena of the great sacrifice; na-na--various kinds; ayudhaih--with weapons; vamanakaih--of short stature; udayudhaih--upraised; pingaih--blackish; piangaih--yellowish; makara-udara-ananaih--with bellies and faces like sharks'; paryadravadbhih--running all around; vidura--O Vidura; anvarudhyata--was surrounded.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My dear Vidura, all the followers of Lord Siva surrounded the arena of sacrifice. They were of short stature and were equipped with various kinds of weapons; their bodies appeared to be like those of sharks, blackish and yellowish. They ran all around the sacrificial arena and thus began to create disturbances.

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> > TEXT 14

> > kecid babhanjuh prag-vamsam

> > patni-salam tathapare

> > sada agnidhra-salam ca

> > tad-viharam mahanasam

> > kecit--some; babhanjuh--pulled down; prak-vamsam--the pillars of the sacrificial pandal; patni-salam--the female quarters; tatha--also; apare--others; sadah--the sacrificial arena; agnidhra-salam--the house of the priests; ca--and; tat-viharam--the house of the chief of the sacrifice; maha-anasam--the house of the kitchen department.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Some of the soldiers pulled down the pillars which were supporting the pandal of sacrifice, some of them entered the female quarters, some began destroying the sacrificial arena, and some entered the kitchen and the residential quarters.

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> > TEXT 15

> > rurujur yajna-atrani

> > tathaike 'gnin anasayan

> > kundesv amutrayan kecid

> > bibhidur vedi-mekhalah

> > rurujuh--broke; yajna-patrani--the pots used in the sacrifice; tatha--so; eke--some; agnin--the sacrificial fires; anasayan--extinguished; kundesu--on the sacrificial arenas; amutrayan--passed urine; kecit--some; bibhiduh--tore down; vedi-mekhalah--the boundary lines of the sacrificial arena.

> > TRANSLATION

> > They broke all the pots made for use in the sacrifice, and some of them began to extinguish the sacrificial fire. Some tore down the boundary line of the sacrificial arena, and some passed urine on the arena.

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> > TEXT 16

> > abadhanta munin anye

> > eke patnir atarjayan

> > apare jagrhur devan

> > pratyasannan palayitan

> > abadhanta--blocked the way; munin--the sages; anye--others; eke--some; patnih--the women; atarjayan--threatened; apare--others; jagrhuh--arrested; devan--the demigods; pratyasannan--near at hand; palayitan--who were fleeing.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Some blocked the way of the fleeing sages, some threatened the women assembled there, and some arrested the demigods who were fleeing the pandal.

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> > TEXT 17

> > bhrgum babandha maniman

> > virabhadrah prajapatim

> > candesah pusanam devam

> > bhagam nandinaro 'grahit

> > bhrgum--Bhrgu Muni; babandha--arrested; maniman--Maniman; virabhadrah--Virabhadra; p rajapatim--Prajapati Daksa; candesah--Candesa; pusanam--Pusa; devam--the demigod; bhagam--Bhaga; nandinarah--Nandisvara; agrahit--arrested.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Maniman, one of the followers of Lord Siva, arrested Bhrgu Muni, and Virabhadra, the black demon, arrested Prajapati Daksa. Another follower, who was named Candesa, arrested Pusa. Nandisvara arrested the demigod Bhaga.

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> > TEXT 18

> > sarva evartvijo drstva

> > sadasyah sa-divaukasah

> > tair ardyamanah subhrsam

> > gravabhir naikadha 'dravan

> > sa rve--all; eva--certainly; rtvijah--the priests; drstva--after seeing; sadasyah--all the members assembled in the sacrifice; sa-divaukasah--along with the demigods; taih--by those (stones); ardyamanah--being disturbed; su-bhrsam--very greatly; gravabhih--by stones; na ekadha--in different directions; adravan--began to disperse.

> > TRANSLATION

> > There was a continuous shower of stones, and all the priests and other members assembled at the sacrifice were put into immense misery. For fear of their lives, they dispersed in different directions.

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> > TEXT 19

> > juhvatah sruva-hastasya

> > smasruni bhagavan bhavah

> > bhrgor lulunce sadasi

> > yo 'hasac chmasru darsayan

> > juhvatah--offering sacrificial oblations; sruva-hastasya--with the sacrificial ladle in his hand; smasruni--the mustache; bhagavan--the possessor of all opulences; bhavah--Virabhadra; bhrgoh--of Bhrgu Muni; lulunce--tore out; sadasi--in the midst of the assembly; yah--who (Bhrgu Muni); ahasat--had smiled; smasru--his mustache; darsayan--showing.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Virabhadra tore off the mustache of Bhrgu, who was offering the sacrificial oblations with his hands in the fire.

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> > TEXT 20

> > bhagasya netre bhagavan

> > patitasya rusa bhuvi

> > ujjahara sada-stho 'ksna

> > yah sapantam asusucat

> > bhagasya--of Bhaga; netre--both eyes; bhagavan--Virabhadra; patitasya--having been thrust; rusa--with great anger; bhuvi--on the ground; ujjahara--plucked out; sada-sthah--while situated in the assembly of the Visvasrks; aksna--by the movement of his eyebrows; yah--who (Bhaga); sapantam--(Daksa) who was cursing (Lord Siva); asusucat--encouraged.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Virabhadra immediately caught Bhaga, who had been moving his eyebrows during Bhrgu's cursing of Lord Siva, and out of great anger thrust him to the ground and forcibly put out his eyes.

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> > TEXT 21

> > pusno hy apatayad dantan

> > kalingasya yatha balah

> > sapyamane garimani

> > yo 'hasad darsayan datah

> > pusnah--of Pusa; hi--since; apatayat--extracted; dantan--the teeth; kalingasya--of the King of Kalinga; yatha--as; balah--Baladeva; sapyamane--while being cursed; garimani--Lord Siva; yah--who (Pusa); ahasat--smiled; da rsayan--showing; datah--his teeth.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Just as Baladeva knocked out the teeth of Dantavakra, the King of Kalinga, during the gambling match at the marriage ceremony of Aniruddha, Virabhadra knocked out the teeth of both Daksa, who had shown them while cursing Lord Siva, and Pusa, who by smiling sympathetically had also shown his teeth.

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> > TEXT 22

> > akramyorasi daksasya

> > sita-dharena hetina

> > chindann api tad uddhartum

> > nasaknot tryambakas tada

> > akramya--having sat; urasi--on the chest; daksasya--of Daksa; sita-dharena--having a sharp blade; hetina--with a weapon; chindan--cutting; api--even though; tat--that (head); uddhartum--to separate; na asaknot--was not able; tri-ambakah--Virabhadra (who had three eyes); tada--after this.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Then Virabhadra, the giantlike personality, sat on the chest of Daksa and tried to separate his head from his body with sharp weapons, but was unsuccessful.

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> > TEXT 23

> > sastrair astranvitair evam

> > anirbhinna-tvacam harah

> > vismayam param apanno

> > dadhyau pasupatih ciram

> > sastraih--with weapons; astra-anvitaih--with hymns (mantras); evam--thus; anirbhinna--not being cut; tvacam--the skin; harah--Virabhadra; vismayam--bewilderment; param--greatest; apannah--was struck with; dadhyau--thought; pasupatih--Virabhadra; ciram--for a long time.

> > TRANSLATION

> > He tried to cut the head of Daksa with hymns as well as weapons, but still it was hard to cut even the surface of the skin of Daksa's head. Thus Virabhadra was exceedingly bewildered.

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> > TEXT 24

> > drstva samjnapanam yogam

> > pasu-nam sa patir makhe

> > yajamana-pasoh kasya

> > kayat tenaharac chirah

> > drstva--having seen; samjnapanam--for the killing of the animals in the sacrifice; yogam--the device; pasunam--of the animals; sah--he (Virabhadra); patih--the lord; makhe--in the sacrifice; yajamana-pasoh--who was an animal in the form of the chief of the sacrifice; kasya--of Daksa; kayat--from the body; tena--by that (device); aharat--severed; sirah--his head.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Then Virabhadra saw the wooden device in the sacrificial arena by which the animals were to have been killed. He took the opportunity of this facility to behead Daksa.

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> > TEXT 25

> > sadhu-vadas tada tesam

> > karma tat tasya pasyatam

> > bhuta-preta-pisacanam

> > anyesam tad-viparyayah

> > sadhu-vadah--joyful exclamation; tada--at that time; tesam--of those (followers of Lord Siva); karma--action; tat--that; tasya--of him (Virabhadra); pasyatam--seeing; bhuta-preta-pisacanam--of the bhutas (ghosts), pretas and pisacas; anyesam--of the others (in the party of Daksa); tat-viparyayah--the opposite of that (an exclamation of grief).

> > TRANSLATION

> > Upon seeing the action of Virabhadra, the party of Lord Siva was pleased and cried out joyfully, and all the bhutas, ghosts and demons that had come made a tumultuous sound. On the other hand, the brahmanas in charge of the sacrifice cried out in grief at the death of Daksa.

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> > TEXT 26

> > juhavaitac chiras tasmin

> > daksinagnav amarsitah

> > tad-deva-yajanam dagdhva

> > pratisthad guhyakalayam

> > juhava--sacrificed as an oblation; etat--that; sirah--head; tasmin--in that; daksina-agnau--in the sacrificial fire on the southern side; amarsitah--Virabhadra, being greatly angry; tat--of Daksa; deva-yajanam--the arrangements for the sacrifice to the demigods; dagdhva--having set fire; pratis that--departed; guhyaka-alayam--to the abode of the Guhyakas (Kailasa).

> > TRANSLATION

> > Virabhadra then took the head and with great anger threw it into the southern side of the sacrificial fire, offering it as an oblation. In this way the followers of Lord Siva devastated all the arrangements for sacrifice. After setting fire to the whole arena, they departed for their master's abode, Kailasa.

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