कृतवानसि दुर्मर्षं विप्रियं तव मर्षितम् ॥४२॥
yan nas tvaá¹ karma-sandhÄnÄá¹
sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹ gá¹›hamedhinÄm
ká¹›tavÄn asi durmará¹£aá¹
vipriyaá¹ tava mará¹£itam
yat - which; naḥ - unto us; tvam - you; karma-sandhÄnÄm - who strictly follow the fruitive ritualistic ceremonies according to Vedic injunctions; sÄdhÅ«nÄm - who are honest (because we honestly seek elevated social standards and bodily comfort); gá¹›ha-medhinÄm - although situated with a wife and children; ká¹›tavÄn asi - have created; durmará¹£am - unbearable; vipriyam - wrong; tava - your; mará¹£itam - forgiven.
Although I live in household life with my wife and children, I honestly follow the Vedic injunctions by engaging in fruitive activities to enjoy life without sinful reactions. I have performed all kinds of yajñas, including the deva-yajña, ṛṣi-yajña, pitṛ-yajña and nṛ-yajña. Because these yajñas are called vratas [vows], I am known as a gṛhavrata. Unfortunately, you have given me great displeasure by misguiding my sons, for no reason, to the path of renunciation. This can be tolerated once.
PrajÄpati Daká¹£a wanted to prove that he had been most tolerant in not having said anything when NÄrada Muni, for no reason, induced his ten thousand innocent sons to adopt the path of renunciation. Sometimes householders are accused of being gá¹›hamedhÄ«s, for gá¹›hamedhÄ«s are satisfied with family life without spiritual advancement. Gá¹›hasthas, however, are different because although gá¹›hasthas live in householder life with their wives and children, they are eager for spiritual advancement. Wanting to prove that he had been magnanimous to NÄrada Muni, PrajÄpati Daká¹£a stressed that when NÄrada had misled his first sons, Daká¹£a had taken no action; he had been kind and tolerant. He was aggrieved, however, because NÄrada Muni had misled his sons for a second time. Therefore he wanted to prove that NÄrada Muni, although dressed like a sÄdhu, was not actually a sÄdhu; he himself, although a householder, was a greater sÄdhu than NÄrada Muni.
