देवर्षिमुपलभ्याह रोषाद्विस्फुरिताधरः ॥३५॥
cukrodha nÄradÄyÄsau
putra-śoka-vimūrcchitaḥ
devará¹£im upalabhyÄha
roá¹£Äd visphuritÄdharaḥ
cukrodha - became very angry; nÄradÄya - at the great sage NÄrada Muni; asau - that one (Daká¹£a); putra-Å›oka - due to lamentation for the loss of his children; vimÅ«rcchitaḥ - almost fainting; devará¹£im - the great sage Devará¹£i NÄrada; upalabhya - seeing; Äha - he said; roá¹£Ät - out of great anger; visphurita - trembling; adharaḥ - whose lips.
When he heard that the SavalÄÅ›vas had also left this world to engage in devotional service, Daká¹£a was angry at NÄrada, and he almost fainted due to lamentation. When Daká¹£a met NÄrada, Daká¹£a’s lips began trembling in anger, and he spoke as follows.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura comments that NÄrada Muni had delivered the entire family of SvÄyambhuva Manu, beginning with Priyavrata and UttÄnapÄda. He had delivered UttÄnapÄda’s son Dhruva and had even delivered PrÄcÄ«nabarhi, who was engaged in fruitive activities. Nevertheless, he could not deliver PrajÄpati Daká¹£a. PrajÄpati Daká¹£a saw NÄrada before him because NÄrada had personally come to deliver him. NÄrada Muni took the opportunity to approach PrajÄpati Daká¹£a in his bereavement because the time of bereavement is a suitable time for appreciating bhakti-yoga. As stated in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (7.16), four kinds of men — Ärta (one who is distressed), arthÄrthÄ« (one in need of money), jijñÄsu (one who is inquisitive) and jñÄnÄ« (a person in knowledge) — try to understand devotional service. PrajÄpati Daká¹£a was in great distress because of the loss of his sons, and therefore NÄrada took the opportunity to instruct him regarding liberation from material bondage.
