Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 47
SiP 2 47.1
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एकदा तु मुने तेन यज्ञः प्रारंभितो महान् ।। तत्राहूतास्तदा सर्वे दीक्षितेन सुरर्षयः
|| brahmovāca || ekadā tu mune tena yajñaḥ prāraṃbhito mahān || tatrāhūtāstadā sarve dīkṣitena surarṣayaḥ
Brahmā said: Once, O sage, a great sacrifice was begun by him, and then all the gods and seers were invited there by him who had taken the consecration.
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SiP 2 47.2
महर्षयोऽखिलास्तत्र निर्जराश्च समागताः ।। यद्यज्ञकरणार्थं हि शिवमायाविमोहितः भवनानि महार्हाणि सुप्रभाणि महांति च ।। त्वष्ट्रा कृतानि दिव्यानि तेभ्यो दत्तानि तेन वै द्विजर्षिराजर्षिसुरर्षिसंघा नृपास्समित्राः सचिवास्स सैन्याः ।। वसुप्रमुख्या गणदेवताश्च सर्वे वृतास्तेन मखोपवेत्त्राः तस्मात्त्वयैव कर्तव्यमाह्वानं परमेशितुः ।। त्वरितं ब्रह्मणा वापि विष्णुना प्रभुविष्णुना तथा सुरगणैस्साकमागतस्सुरराट् स्वयम्।। तथा यूयं समायाता ऋषयो वीतकल्मषाः मुनौ विनिर्गते तस्मिन् मखादन्येषु दुष्टधीः ।। शिवद्रोही मुनीन् दक्षः प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत्
maharṣayo'khilāstatra nirjarāśca samāgatāḥ || yadyajñakaraṇārthaṃ hi śivamāyāvimohitaḥ bhavanāni mahārhāṇi suprabhāṇi mahāṃti ca || tvaṣṭrā kṛtāni divyāni tebhyo dattāni tena vai dvijarṣirājarṣisurarṣisaṃghā nṛpāssamitrāḥ sacivāssa sainyāḥ || vasupramukhyā gaṇadevatāśca sarve vṛtāstena makhopavettrāḥ tasmāttvayaiva kartavyamāhvānaṃ parameśituḥ || tvaritaṃ brahmaṇā vāpi viṣṇunā prabhuviṣṇunā tathā suragaṇaissākamāgatassurarāṭ svayam|| tathā yūyaṃ samāyātā ṛṣayo vītakalmaṣāḥ munau vinirgate tasmin makhādanyeṣu duṣṭadhīḥ || śivadrohī munīn dakṣaḥ prahasannidamabravīt
All the great seers and the gods came together there for the performance of that sacrifice of his—he being deluded by Śiva's māyā. Costly dwellings, radiant and vast and divine, made by Tvaṣṭṛ, were given by him to them. Hosts of brahmin-seers, royal seers and divine seers, kings with their allies, ministers with their armies, the Vasus foremost, and the troop-deities—all were chosen by him as overseers of the sacrifice. "Therefore the invitation of the Supreme Lord must be made by you at once, or else by Brahmā, or by Viṣṇu the mighty." So too the king of the gods came himself together with the hosts of gods, and so you sages, free of stain, came as well. When that sage had gone out from the sacrifice, among the others, the evil-minded Dakṣa, hostile to Śiva, laughing, said this to the sages:
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SiP 2 47.3
अगस्त्यः कश्यपोत्रिश्च वामदेवस्तथा भृगुः ।। दधीचिर्भगवान् व्यासो भारद्वाजोऽथ गौतमः
agastyaḥ kaśyapotriśca vāmadevastathā bhṛguḥ || dadhīcirbhagavān vyāso bhāradvājo'tha gautamaḥ
Agastya, Kaśyapa and Atri, and Vāmadeva, Bhṛgu, Dadhīci, the venerable Vyāsa, Bhāradvāja, and then Gautama,
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SiP 2 47.4
पैलः पराशरो गर्गो भार्गवः ककुपस्सितः ।। सुमंतुत्रिककंकाश्च वैशंपायन एव च
pailaḥ parāśaro gargo bhārgavaḥ kakupassitaḥ || sumaṃtutrikakaṃkāśca vaiśaṃpāyana eva ca
Paila, Parāśara, Garga, Bhārgava, Kakup, Sita, Sumantu, Trika, Kaṅka, and Vaiśampāyana too,
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SiP 2 47.5
एते चान्ये च बहवो मुनयो हर्षिता ययु ।। मम पुत्रस्य दक्षस्य सदारास्ससुता मखम्
ete cānye ca bahavo munayo harṣitā yayu || mama putrasya dakṣasya sadārāssasutā makham
these and many other sages went, delighted, with their wives and sons, to the sacrifice of my son Dakṣa.
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SiP 2 47.6
तथा सर्वे सुरगणा लोकपाला महोदयाः ।। तथोपनिर्जरास्सर्वे स्वापकारबलान्विताः
tathā sarve suragaṇā lokapālā mahodayāḥ || tathopanirjarāssarve svāpakārabalānvitāḥ
So too all the hosts of gods, the guardians of the worlds of great splendour, and likewise all the lesser gods, endowed with their own capacity for action and strength.
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SiP 2 47.7
सत्यलोकात्समानीतो नुतोहं विश्वकारकः।। ससुतस्स परीवारो मूर्तवेदापिसंयुतः
satyalokātsamānīto nutohaṃ viśvakārakaḥ|| sasutassa parīvāro mūrtavedāpisaṃyutaḥ
From Satyaloka I, the maker of the world, was brought and praised, together with my sons and my retinue, and accompanied by the Vedas in embodied form.
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SiP 2 47.8
वैकुंठाच्च तथा विष्णुस्संप्रार्थ्य विविधादरात् ।। सपार्षदपरीवारस्समानीतो मखं प्रति
vaikuṃṭhācca tathā viṣṇussaṃprārthya vividhādarāt || sapārṣadaparīvārassamānīto makhaṃ prati
And likewise Viṣṇu from Vaikuṇṭha, being entreated with manifold reverence, was brought to the sacrifice together with his attendants and retinue.
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SiP 2 47.9
एवमन्ये समायाता दक्षयज्ञं विमोहिताः ।। सत्कृतास्तेन दक्षेन सर्वे ते हि दुरात्मना
evamanye samāyātā dakṣayajñaṃ vimohitāḥ || satkṛtāstena dakṣena sarve te hi durātmanā
In this way others too came, deluded, to Dakṣa's sacrifice, and all of them were indeed honoured by that evil-souled Dakṣa.
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SiP 2 47.11
तेषु सर्वेषु धिष्ण्येषु यथायोग्यं च संस्थिताः ।। सन्मानिता अराजंस्ते सकला विष्णुना मया
teṣu sarveṣu dhiṣṇyeṣu yathāyogyaṃ ca saṃsthitāḥ || sanmānitā arājaṃste sakalā viṣṇunā mayā
Seated in all those ritual seats, each as was fitting, they all shone, honoured by Viṣṇu and by me.
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SiP 2 47.12
वर्त्तमाने महायज्ञे तीर्थे कनखले तदा ।। ऋत्विजश्च कृतास्तेन भृग्वाद्याश्च तपोधनाः
varttamāne mahāyajñe tīrthe kanakhale tadā || ṛtvijaśca kṛtāstena bhṛgvādyāśca tapodhanāḥ
While the great sacrifice was going on then at the holy ford Kanakhala, he also appointed as officiating priests Bhṛgu and the other ascetics rich in austerity.
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SiP 2 47.13
अधिष्ठाता स्वयं विष्णुस्सह सर्वमरुद्गणैः ।। अहं तत्राऽभवं ब्रह्मा त्रयीविधिनिदर्शकः
adhiṣṭhātā svayaṃ viṣṇussaha sarvamarudgaṇaiḥ || ahaṃ tatrā'bhavaṃ brahmā trayīvidhinidarśakaḥ
Viṣṇu himself, together with all the hosts of the Maruts, was the presiding lord; and I, Brahmā, was there as the expounder of the rules of the three Vedas.
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SiP 2 47.14
तथैव सर्वदिक्पाला द्वारपालाश्च रक्षकाः ।। सायुधास्सपरीवाराः कुतूहलकरास्सदा
tathaiva sarvadikpālā dvārapālāśca rakṣakāḥ || sāyudhāssaparīvārāḥ kutūhalakarāssadā
So too all the guardians of the quarters, and the doorkeepers and guards, with their weapons and their retinues, ever full of eagerness.
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SiP 2 47.15
उपतस्थे स्वयं यज्ञस्सुरूपस्तस्य चाध्वरे।। सर्वे महामुनिश्रेष्ठाः स्वयं वेदधराऽभवन्
upatasthe svayaṃ yajñassurūpastasya cādhvare|| sarve mahāmuniśreṣṭhāḥ svayaṃ vedadharā'bhavan
The Sacrifice itself, in beautiful form, attended upon his rite; and all the foremost great sages themselves became bearers of the Vedas.
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SiP 2 47.16
तनूनपादपि निजं चक्रे रूपं सहस्रशः ।। हविषा ग्रहणायाशु तस्मिन् यज्ञे महोत्सवे
tanūnapādapi nijaṃ cakre rūpaṃ sahasraśaḥ || haviṣā grahaṇāyāśu tasmin yajñe mahotsave
Tanūnapāt (Fire) too made his own form thousandfold, to receive the oblations at once at that sacrifice, that great festival.
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SiP 2 47.17
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि जुह्वति सह ऋत्विजः ।। उद्गातारश्चतुषष्टि सहस्राणि सुरर्षयः
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi juhvati saha ṛtvijaḥ || udgātāraścatuṣaṣṭi sahasrāṇi surarṣayaḥ
Eighty-eight thousand officiants together offered the oblations; the udgātṛs were sixty-four thousand divine seers.
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SiP 2 47.18
अध्वर्यवोथ होतारस्तावन्तो नारदादयः ।। सप्तर्षयस्समा गाथाः कुर्वंति स्म पृथक्पृथक्
adhvaryavotha hotārastāvanto nāradādayaḥ || saptarṣayassamā gāthāḥ kurvaṃti sma pṛthakpṛthak
And the adhvaryus and the hotṛs were as many, with Nārada and the rest; the seven seers made chants, each one separately.
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SiP 2 47.19
गंधर्वविद्याधरसिद्धसंघानादित्यसंघान् सगणान् सयज्ञान् ।। संख्यावरान्नागचरान् समस्तान् वव्रे स दक्षो हि महाध्वरे स्वे
gaṃdharvavidyādharasiddhasaṃghānādityasaṃghān sagaṇān sayajñān || saṃkhyāvarānnāgacarān samastān vavre sa dakṣo hi mahādhvare sve
The hosts of Gandharvas, Vidyādharas and Siddhas, the hosts of Ādityas with their troops and their sacrificial shares, the eminent in number, and all who move as Nāgas — those Dakṣa chose for his own great rite.
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SiP 2 47.21
दीक्षायुक्तस्तदा दक्षः कृतकौतुकमंगलः ।। भार्यया सहितो रेजे कृतस्वस्त्ययनो भृशम्
dīkṣāyuktastadā dakṣaḥ kṛtakautukamaṃgalaḥ || bhāryayā sahito reje kṛtasvastyayano bhṛśam
Then Dakṣa, consecrated for the rite, having had the auspicious ceremonies performed, shone greatly together with his wife, the benedictions having been made.
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SiP 2 47.22
तस्मिन् यज्ञे वृतश्शंभुर्न दक्षेण दुरात्मना ।। कपालीति विनिश्चित्य तस्य यज्ञार्हता न हि
tasmin yajñe vṛtaśśaṃbhurna dakṣeṇa durātmanā || kapālīti viniścitya tasya yajñārhatā na hi
At that sacrifice Śambhu was not invited by the evil-souled Dakṣa, who had concluded, "He is a skull-bearer," (and) so he had no fitness for the sacrifice.
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SiP 2 47.23
कपालिभार्येति सती दयिता स्वसुतापि च ।। नाहूता यज्ञविषये दक्षेणागुणदर्शिना
kapālibhāryeti satī dayitā svasutāpi ca || nāhūtā yajñaviṣaye dakṣeṇāguṇadarśinā
And Satī, his beloved and his own daughter, was not invited to the sacrifice by Dakṣa, who saw no virtue (in Śiva), thinking "she is the wife of the skull-bearer."
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SiP 2 47.24
एवं प्रवर्तमाने हि दक्षयज्ञे महोत्सवे ।। स्वकार्यलग्नास्तत्रासन् सर्वे तेऽध्वरसंमताः
evaṃ pravartamāne hi dakṣayajñe mahotsave || svakāryalagnāstatrāsan sarve te'dhvarasaṃmatāḥ
Thus, while Dakṣa's sacrifice, that great festival, was proceeding, all those who were engaged in the rite were there intent upon their own tasks.
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SiP 2 47.25
एतस्मिन्नंतरेऽदृष्ट्वा तत्र वै शंकरं प्रभुम् ।। प्रोद्विग्नमानसश्शैवो दधीचो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
etasminnaṃtare'dṛṣṭvā tatra vai śaṃkaraṃ prabhum || prodvignamānasaśśaivo dadhīco vākyamabravīt
Meanwhile, not seeing there the lord Śaṅkara, the devotee of Śiva, Dadhīca, his mind greatly agitated, spoke these words.
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SiP 2 47.26
दधीच उवाच ।। ।। सर्वे शृणुत मद्वाक्यं देवर्षिप्रमुखा मुदा ।। कस्मान्नैवागतश्शंभुरस्मिन् यज्ञे महोत्सवे
dadhīca uvāca || || sarve śṛṇuta madvākyaṃ devarṣipramukhā mudā || kasmānnaivāgataśśaṃbhurasmin yajñe mahotsave
Dadhīca said: All of you, gods and sages foremost, hear my words gladly: why has Śambhu not come at all to this sacrifice, this great festival?
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SiP 2 47.27
एते सुरेशा मुनयो महत्तरास्सलोकपालाश्च समागता हि ।। तथापि यज्ञस्तु न शोभते भृशं पिनाकिना तेन महात्मना विना
ete sureśā munayo mahattarāssalokapālāśca samāgatā hi || tathāpi yajñastu na śobhate bhṛśaṃ pinākinā tena mahātmanā vinā
These lords of the gods, the very great sages, and the guardians of the worlds have indeed assembled; yet even so the sacrifice does not shine at all without that great-souled bearer of the Pināka.
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SiP 2 47.28
येनैव सर्वाण्यपि मंगलानि भवंति शंसन्ति महाविपश्चितः ।। सोऽसौ न दृष्टोऽत्र पुमान् पुराणो वृषध्वजो नीलगलः परेशः
yenaiva sarvāṇyapi maṃgalāni bhavaṃti śaṃsanti mahāvipaścitaḥ || so'sau na dṛṣṭo'tra pumān purāṇo vṛṣadhvajo nīlagalaḥ pareśaḥ
He by whom alone all auspicious things come to be — so the greatly learned declare — that ancient Person, whose banner is the bull, the blue-throated supreme Lord, is not seen here.
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SiP 2 47.29
अमंगलान्येव च मंगलानि भवंति येनाधिगतानि दक्षः ।। त्रिपंचकेनाप्यथ मंगलानि भवंति सद्यः परतः पुराणि
amaṃgalānyeva ca maṃgalāni bhavaṃti yenādhigatāni dakṣaḥ || tripaṃcakenāpyatha maṃgalāni bhavaṃti sadyaḥ parataḥ purāṇi
O Dakṣa, even inauspicious things become auspicious when they are reached by him; and by the group of three fives auspicious things and, beyond that, the ancient (states) come about at once.
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SiP 2 47.31
इन्द्रेण लोकपालैश्च द्विजैस्सिद्धैस्सहाधुना ।। सर्वथाऽऽनयनीयोसौ शंकरो यज्ञपूर्त्तये
indreṇa lokapālaiśca dvijaissiddhaissahādhunā || sarvathā''nayanīyosau śaṃkaro yajñapūrttaye
Now, by Indra together with the guardians of the worlds, the twice-born and the Siddhas, this Śaṅkara must by all means be brought, for the completion of the sacrifice.
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SiP 2 47.32
सर्वैर्भवद्भिर्गंतव्यं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः।। दाक्षायण्या समं शम्भुमानयध्वं त्वरान्विताः
sarvairbhavadbhirgaṃtavyaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ|| dākṣāyaṇyā samaṃ śambhumānayadhvaṃ tvarānvitāḥ
All of you must go to where the god Maheśvara is; bring Śambhu, together with Dākṣāyaṇī, with haste.
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SiP 2 47.33
तेन सर्वं पवित्रं स्याच्छम्भुना परमात्मना ।। अत्रागतेन देवेशास्सांबेन परमात्मना
tena sarvaṃ pavitraṃ syācchambhunā paramātmanā || atrāgatena deveśāssāṃbena paramātmanā
By him, Śambhu, the Supreme Self, all would become pure — when he, the Lord of gods, comes here with Ambā, the Supreme Self.
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SiP 2 47.34
यस्य स्मृत्या च नामोक्त्या समग्रं सुकृतं भवेत् ।। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन ह्यानेतव्यो वृषध्वजः
yasya smṛtyā ca nāmoktyā samagraṃ sukṛtaṃ bhavet || tasmātsarvaprayatnena hyānetavyo vṛṣadhvajaḥ
By the mere remembrance of him and the utterance of his name the whole meritorious act becomes complete; therefore by every effort the Bull-bannered one must be brought here.
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SiP 2 47.35
समागते शंकरेऽत्र पावनो हि भवेन्मखः ।। भविष्यत्यन्यथाऽपूर्णः सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम्
samāgate śaṃkare'tra pāvano hi bhavenmakhaḥ || bhaviṣyatyanyathā'pūrṇaḥ satyametadbravīmyaham
When Śaṃkara has come here, the sacrifice will indeed be purifying; otherwise it will remain incomplete — this I say as truth.
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SiP 2 47.36
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दक्षो रोषसमन्वितः।। उवाच त्वरितं मूढः प्रहसन्निव दुष्टधीः
brahmovāca || tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣo roṣasamanvitaḥ|| uvāca tvaritaṃ mūḍhaḥ prahasanniva duṣṭadhīḥ
Brahmā said: Hearing that speech of his, Dakṣa, filled with fury, the fool of evil mind, quickly spoke, as if laughing.
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SiP 2 47.37
मूलं विष्णुर्देवतानां यत्र धर्मस्सनातनः।। समानीतो मया सम्यक् किमूनं यज्ञकर्मणि
mūlaṃ viṣṇurdevatānāṃ yatra dharmassanātanaḥ|| samānīto mayā samyak kimūnaṃ yajñakarmaṇi
Viṣṇu, the root of the gods, in whom is the eternal Dharma, has been duly brought here by me: what is lacking in the sacrificial rite?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.38
यस्मिन्वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च कर्माणि विविधानि च ।। प्रतिष्ठितानि सर्वाणि सोऽसौ विष्णुरिहागतः
yasminvedāśca yajñāśca karmāṇi vividhāni ca || pratiṣṭhitāni sarvāṇi so'sau viṣṇurihāgataḥ
He in whom the Vedas and the sacrifices and the manifold rites are all established — that very Viṣṇu has come here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.39
सत्यलोकात्समायातो ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।। वेदैस्सोपनिषद्भिश्च विविधैरागमैस्सह
satyalokātsamāyāto brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ || vedaissopaniṣadbhiśca vividhairāgamaissaha
From Satyaloka has come Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, together with the Vedas along with the Upaniṣads and the various scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.41
येये यज्ञोचिताश्शांताः पात्रभूतास्समागताः ।। वेदवेदार्थतत्त्वज्ञास्सर्वे यूयं दृढव्रताः ।।
yeye yajñocitāśśāṃtāḥ pātrabhūtāssamāgatāḥ || vedavedārthatattvajñāssarve yūyaṃ dṛḍhavratāḥ ||
And whoever are fit for the sacrifice, tranquil, worthy vessels, have assembled; you all are knowers of the Vedas and of the truth of the Vedas' meaning, firm in your vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.42
अत्रैव च किमस्माकं रुद्रेणापि प्रयोजनम् ।। कन्या दत्ता मया विप्र ब्रह्मणा नोदितेन हि
atraiva ca kimasmākaṃ rudreṇāpi prayojanam || kanyā dattā mayā vipra brahmaṇā noditena hi
And right here, what need have we even of Rudra? The girl was given by me, O brahmin, only because Brahmā urged me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.43
हरोऽकुलीनोसौ विप्र पितृमातृविवर्जितः ।। भूतप्रेतपिशाचानां पतिरेको दुरत्ययः
haro'kulīnosau vipra pitṛmātṛvivarjitaḥ || bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ patireko duratyayaḥ
That Hara is of no good family, O brahmin, without father and mother; he alone is the lord of ghosts, spirits and goblins, hard to get past.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.44
आत्मसंभावितो मूढ स्तब्धो मौनी समत्सरः ।। कर्मण्यस्मिन्न योग्योसौ नानीतो हि मयाऽधुना
ātmasaṃbhāvito mūḍha stabdho maunī samatsaraḥ || karmaṇyasminna yogyosau nānīto hi mayā'dhunā
Self-conceited, a fool, stiff, silent, spiteful — he is not fit for this rite, and so he has not been brought by me now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.45
तस्मात्त्वमीदृशं वाक्यं पुनर्वाच्यं न हि क्वचित् ।। सर्वेर्भवद्भिः कर्तव्यो यज्ञो मे सफलो महान्
tasmāttvamīdṛśaṃ vākyaṃ punarvācyaṃ na hi kvacit || sarverbhavadbhiḥ kartavyo yajño me saphalo mahān
Therefore such a speech must never be uttered by you again anywhere; by all of you my great sacrifice is to be made fruitful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.46
ब्रह्मोवाच।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य दधीचो वाक्यमब्रवीत्।। सर्वेषां शृण्वतां देवमुनीनां सारसं युतम्
brahmovāca|| etacchrutvā vacastasya dadhīco vākyamabravīt|| sarveṣāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ devamunīnāṃ sārasaṃ yutam
Brahmā said: Having heard that speech of his, Dadhīca spoke words, while all the gods and sages listened, words joined with substance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.47
दधीच उवाच ।। अयज्ञोयं महाजातो विना तेन शिवेन हि ।। विनाशोपि विशेषेण ह्यत्र ते हि भविष्यति
dadhīca uvāca || ayajñoyaṃ mahājāto vinā tena śivena hi || vināśopi viśeṣeṇa hyatra te hi bhaviṣyati
Dadhīca said: This has become a great non-sacrifice, without that Śiva; and destruction too, especially, will surely come to you here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.48
एवमुक्त्वा दधीचोसावेक एव विनिर्गतः ।। यज्ञवाटाच्च दक्षस्य त्वरितः स्वाश्रमं ययौ
evamuktvā dadhīcosāveka eva vinirgataḥ || yajñavāṭācca dakṣasya tvaritaḥ svāśramaṃ yayau
Having spoken thus, that Dadhīca went out all alone, and from Dakṣa's sacrificial enclosure he went in haste to his own hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.49
ततोन्ये शांकरा ये च मुख्याश्शिवमतानुगाः ।। निर्ययुस्स्वाश्रमान् सद्यश्शापं दत्त्वा तथैव च
tatonye śāṃkarā ye ca mukhyāśśivamatānugāḥ || niryayussvāśramān sadyaśśāpaṃ dattvā tathaiva ca
Then the other followers of Śaṃkara, the chief ones who adhered to Śiva's doctrine, at once went out to their own hermitages, having likewise pronounced a curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.51
।। दक्ष उवाच ।। गतः शिवप्रियो विप्रो दधीचो नाम नामतः ।। अन्ये तथाविधा ये च गतास्ते मम चाध्वरात्
|| dakṣa uvāca || gataḥ śivapriyo vipro dadhīco nāma nāmataḥ || anye tathāvidhā ye ca gatāste mama cādhvarāt
Dakṣa said: The brahmin dear to Śiva, Dadhīca by name, has gone, and the others of that sort too have gone from my sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.52
एतच्छुभतरं जातं संमतं मे हि सर्वथा ।। सत्यं ब्रवीमि देवेश सुराश्च मुनयस्तथा
etacchubhataraṃ jātaṃ saṃmataṃ me hi sarvathā || satyaṃ bravīmi deveśa surāśca munayastathā
This that has happened is all the better, and altogether approved by me; I speak the truth, O lord of gods, and you gods and sages likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.53
विनष्टचित्ता मंदाश्च मिथ्यावादरताः खलाः ।। वेदबाह्या दुराचारास्त्याज्यास्ते मखकर्मणि
vinaṣṭacittā maṃdāśca mithyāvādaratāḥ khalāḥ || vedabāhyā durācārāstyājyāste makhakarmaṇi
Ruined in mind, dull, given to false speech, wicked, outside the Veda, of bad conduct — such men are to be excluded from the sacrificial rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.54
वेदवादरता यूयं सर्वे विष्णुपुरोगमाः ।। यज्ञं मे सफलं विप्रास्सुराः कुर्वंतु माऽचिरम्
vedavādaratā yūyaṃ sarve viṣṇupurogamāḥ || yajñaṃ me saphalaṃ viprāssurāḥ kurvaṃtu mā'ciram
You all, devoted to the word of the Veda, with Viṣṇu at your head — let the brahmins and the gods make my sacrifice fruitful without delay.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.55
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य शिवमायाविमोहिताः ।। यन्मखे देवयजनं चक्रुस्सर्वे सुरर्षयः
|| brahmovāca || ityākarṇya vacastasya śivamāyāvimohitāḥ || yanmakhe devayajanaṃ cakrussarve surarṣayaḥ
Brahmā said: Having heard that speech of his, all the gods and seers, deluded by Śiva's māyā, performed the god-sacrifice at that (Dakṣa's) sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 47.56
इति तन्मखशापो हि वर्णितो मे मुनीश्वर ।। यज्ञविध्वंसयोगोपि प्रोच्यते शृणु सादरम्
iti tanmakhaśāpo hi varṇito me munīśvara || yajñavidhvaṃsayogopi procyate śṛṇu sādaram
Thus the curse concerning that sacrifice has been described by me, O lord of sages; the manner of the destruction of the sacrifice is also being told—listen respectfully.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition