Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
दक्षके यज्ञमें शिवजीका प्राकट्य तथास्त्वित्याह भगवान् भगनेत्रहरो हर: । धर्माध्यक्षो विरूपाक्षसर्त्रयक्षो देव: प्रजापति:,तब धर्मके अध्यक्ष, प्रजापालक, विख्ूपाक्ष, त्रिनेत्रधारी, भगनेत्रहारी देवेश्वर भगवान् हरने “तथास्तु” कहकर दक्षको मनोवांछित वर दे दिया
dakṣake yajñe śivajīka prākaṭya tathāstv ity āha bhagavān bhaganetra-haro haraḥ | dharmādhyakṣo virūpākṣas triyakṣo devaḥ prajāpatiḥ | tataḥ dharmasya adhyakṣaḥ prajā-pālakaḥ virūpākṣaḥ tri-netradhārī bhaganetra-hārī deveśvaraḥ bhagavān haraḥ “tathāstu” iti uktvā dakṣaṃ manovāñchita-varaṃ dadau ||
At Dakṣa’s sacrifice, Śiva manifested. The Blessed Lord Hara—renowned as the remover of Bhaga’s eye—said, “So be it.” That divine overseer of dharma, the strange-eyed, three-eyed protector of creatures, sovereign of the gods, granted Dakṣa the boon he desired.
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