मैत्रेय उवाच अथ देवगणा: सर्वे रुद्रानीकै: पराजिता: । शूलपट्टिशनिस्त्रिंशगदापरिघमुद्गरै: ॥ १ ॥ सञ्छिन्नभिन्नसर्वाङ्गा: सर्त्विक्सभ्या भयाकुला: । स्वयम्भुवे नमस्कृत्य कार्त्स्न्येनैतन्न्यवेदयन् ॥ २ ॥
maitreya uvaca atha deva-ganah sarve rudranikaih parajitah sula-pattisa-nistrimsa- gada-parigha-mudgaraih sanchinna-bhinna-sarvangah sartvik-sabhya bhayakulah svayambhuve namaskrtya kartsnyenaitan nyavedayan
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- atha
- after this
- deva-ganah
- the demigods
- sarve
- all
- rudra-anikaih
- by the soldiers of Lord Siva
- parajitah
- having been defeated
- sula
- trident
- pattisa
- a sharp-edged spear
- nistrimsa
- a sword
- gada
- mace
- parigha
- an iron bludgeon
- mudgaraih
- a hammerlike weapon
- sanchinna-bhinna-sarva-angah
- all the limbs wounded
- sa-rtvik-sabhyah
- with all the priests and members of the sacrificial assembly
- bhaya-akulah
- with great fear
- svayambhuve
- unto Lord Brahma
- namaskrtya
- after offering obeisances
- kartsnyena
- in detail
- etat
- the events of Daksa’s sacrifice
- nyavedayan
- reported
All the priests and other members of the sacrificial assembly and all the demigods, having been defeated by the soldiers of Lord Siva and injured by weapons like tridents and swords, approached Lord Brahma with great fear. After offering him obeisances, they began to speak in detail of all the events which had taken place.