बुद्ध्या पराभिध्यायिन्या विस्मृतात्मगति: पशु: । स्त्रीकाम: सोऽस्त्वतितरां दक्षो बस्तमुखोऽचिरात् ॥ २३ ॥
buddhya parabhidhyayinya vismrtatma-gatih pasuh stri-kamah so ’stv atitaram dakso basta-mukho ’cirat
- buddhya
- by intelligence
- para-abhidhyayinya
- by accepting the body as the self
- vismrta-atma-gatih
- having forgotten the knowledge of Visnu
- pasuh
- an animal
- stri-kamah
- attached to sex life
- sah
- he (Daksa)
- astu
- let
- atitaram
- excessive
- daksah
- Daksa
- basta-mukhah
- the face of a goat
- acirat
- in a very short time.
Daksa has accepted the body as all in all. Therefore, since he has forgotten the visnu-pada, or visnu-gati, and is attached to sex life only, within a short time he will have the face of a goat.