तस्यैवं वदत: शापं श्रुत्वा द्विजकुलाय वै । भृगु: प्रत्यसृजच्छापं ब्रह्मदण्डं दुरत्ययम् ॥ २७ ॥
tasyaivam vadatah sapam srutva dvija-kulaya vai bhrguh pratyasrjac chapam brahma-dandam duratyayam
- tasya
- his (Nandisvara’s)
- evam
- thus
- vadatah
- words
- sapam
- the curse
- srutva
- hearing
- dvija-kulaya
- unto the brahmanas
- vai
- indeed
- bhrguh
- Bhrgu
- pratyasrjat
- made
- sapam
- a curse
- brahma-dandam
- the punishment of a brahmana
- duratyayam
- insurmountable.
When all the hereditary brahmanas were thus cursed by Nandisvara, the sage Bhrgu, as a reaction, condemned the followers of Lord Siva with this very strong brahminical curse.