मैत्रेय उवाच विनिन्द्यैवं स गिरिशमप्रतीपमवस्थितम् । दक्षोऽथाप उपस्पृश्य क्रुद्ध: शप्तुं प्रचक्रमे ॥ १७ ॥
maitreya uvaca vinindyaivam sa girisam apratipam avasthitam dakso ’thapa upasprsya kruddhah saptum pracakrame
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- vinindya
- abusing
- evam
- thus
- sah
- he (Daksa)
- girisam
- Siva
- apratipam
- without any hostility
- avasthitam
- remaining
- daksah
- Daksa
- atha
- now
- apah
- water
- upasprsya
- washing hands and mouth
- kruddhah
- angry
- saptum
- to curse
- pracakrame
- began to.
The sage Maitreya continued: Thus Daksa, seeing Lord Siva sitting as if against him, washed his hands and mouth and cursed him in the following words.