न वेद धर्मं किल पद्मयोनि- र्न ब्रह्मपुत्रा भृगुनारदाद्या: । न वै कुमार: कपिलो मनुश्च ये नो निषेधन्त्यतिवर्तिनं हरम् ॥ १२ ॥
na veda dharmam kila padmayonir na brahma-putra bhrgu-naradadyah na vai kumarah kapilo manus ca ye no nisedhanty ati-vartinam haram
- na
- not
- veda
- knows
- dharmam
- the religious principles
- kila
- indeed
- padma-yonih
- Lord Brahma
- na
- nor
- brahma-putrah
- the sons of Lord Brahma
- bhrgu
- Bhrgu
- narada
- Narada
- adyah
- and so on
- na
- nor
- vai
- indeed
- kumarah
- the four Kumaras (Sanaka, Sanat-kumara, Sananda and Sanatana)
- kapilah
- Lord Kapila
- manuh
- Manu himself
- ca
- and
- ye
- who
- no
- not
- nisedhanti
- order to stop
- ati-vartinam
- who is beyond laws and orders
- haram
- Lord Siva
Alas, Lord Brahma, who has taken his birth from the lotus flower, does not know the principles of religion, nor do the great saints like Bhrgu and Narada, nor the four Kumaras, headed by Sanat-kumara. Manu and Kapila have also forgotten the religious principles. I suppose it to be because of this that they have not tried to stop Lord Siva from behaving improperly.