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Text 17
maitreya uvāca
vinindyaivaṁ sa giriśam
apratīpam avasthitam
dakṣo ’thāpa upaspṛśya
kruddhaḥ śaptuṁ pracakrame
maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; vinindya — abusing; evam — thus; saḥ — he (Dakṣa); giriśam — Śiva; apratīpam — without any hostility; avasthitam — remaining; dakṣaḥ — Dakṣa; atha — now; apaḥ — water; upaspṛśya — washing hands and mouth; kruddhaḥ — angry; śaptum — to curse; pracakrame — began to.
The sage Maitreya continued: Thus Dakṣa, seeing Lord Śiva sitting as if against him, washed his hands and mouth and cursed him in the following words.