कस्तं चराचरगुरुं निर्वैरं शान्तविग्रहम् ।
आत्मारामं कथं द्वेष्टि जगतो दैवतं महत् ॥ २ ॥
kah-who (Daksa); tam-him (Lord Siva); cara-acara-of the whole world (both animate and inanimate); gurum-the spiritual master; nirvairam-without enmity; santa-vigraham-having a peaceful personality; atmaramam-satisfied in himself; katham-how; dvesti-hates; jagatah-of the universe; daivatam-demigod; mahat-the great.
Lord Siva, the spiritual master of the entire world, is free from enmity, is a peaceful personality, and is always satisfied in himself. He is the greatest among the demigods. How is it possible that Daksa could be inimical towards such an auspicious personality?
Lord Siva is described here as caracara-guru, the spiritual master of all animate and inanimate objects. He is sometimes known as Bhutanatha, which means the worshipable deity of the dull-headed. Bhuta is also sometimes taken to indicate the ghosts. Lord Siva takes charge of reforming persons who are ghosts and demons, not to speak of others, who are godly; therefore he is the spiritual master of everyone, both the dull and demoniac and the highly learned Vaisnavas. It is also stated, vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh. Sambhu, Lord Siva, is the greatest of all Vaisnavas. On one hand he is the worshipable object of the dull demons, and on the other he is the best of all Vaisnavas, or devotees, and he has a sampradaya called the Rudra-sampradaya. Even if he is an enemy or is sometimes angry, such a personality cannot be the object of envy, so Vidura, in astonishment, asked why he was taken as such, especially by Daksa. Daksa is also not an ordinary person. He is a Prajapati, in charge of fathering population, and all his daughters are highly elevated, especially Sati. Sati means the most chaste. Whenever there is consideration of chastity, Sati, this wife of Lord Siva and daughter of Daksa, is considered first. Vidura was astonished that there could possibly be so much enmity between Daksa, who was such a great man, the father of Sati, and Lord Siva, the spiritual master of everyone, that the most chaste goddess Sati gave up her body in that quarrel.