Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.4.8
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyRecognize the Rightful Share
“The father of Nābhāga said: Whatever the great sages sacrificed in the arena of the Dakṣa-yajña, they offered to Lord Śiva as his share. Therefore, everything in the sacrificial arena certainly belongs to Lord Śiva.”
What the purport teaches
- Nābhāga’s father explained what the great sages had offered in the arena of the Dakṣa-yajña.
- They had offered those things to Lord Śiva as his share.
- His father therefore concluded that everything in the sacrificial arena belonged to Lord Śiva.
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