TEXTS 12
maitreya uvaca
atha deva-ganah sarve
rudranikaih parajitah
sula-pattisa-nistrimsa-
gada-parigha-mudgaraih
sanchinna-bhinna-sarvangah
sartvik-sabhya bhayakulah
svayambhuve namaskrtya
kartsnyenaitan nyavedayan
SYNONYMS
maitreyah uvacaMaitreya said; athaafter this; deva-ganahthe demigods; sarveall; rudra-anikaihby the soldiers of Lord Siva; parajitahhaving been defeated; sulatrident; pattisaa sharp-edged spear; nistrimsaa sword; gadamace; parighaan iron bludgeon; mudgaraiha hammerlike weapon; sanchinna-bhinna-sarva-angahall the limbs wounded; sa-rtvik-sabhyahwith all the priests and members of the sacrificial assembly; bhaya-akulahwith great fear; svayambhuveunto Lord Brahma; namaskrtyaafter offering obeisances; kartsnyenain detail; etatthe events of Daksas sacrifice; nyavedayanreported.
TRANSLATION
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.

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