āṅgīrasaśreṣṭha
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In the Mahābhārata account of the destruction of Dakṣayāga, Devī is not Dakṣa’s daughter but appears to be Pārvati. Having been cut off from any yajñabhāga, Devī, as if she was an ordinary wife on earth, lamentingly “taunts” Bhagavān about His being disrespected by Dakṣa. देव्युवाच
किं नाम दानं नियमं तपो वा कुर्यामहं येन पतिर्ममाद्य।
` लभेत भागं च तथैव सर्वं प्रभुर्विभुश्चाहवनीय एषः।'
लभेत भागं भगवानचिन्त्यो
ह्यर्धं तथा भागमथो तृतीयम्॥ 12-290-23 “What dānas, niyamas, & tapas that I should do by means of which my husband, the pervasive Master, may be able to obtain a share in the Āhavanīya, so that this Bhagavān may obtain half or a third share?” Hara hears Devī’s words
एवं ब्रुवाणां भगवान्स्वपत्नीं प्रहृष्टरूपः क्षुभितामुवाच।
And then He says: *महादेव उवाच*
न वेत्सि मां देवि कृशोदराङ्गि किं नाम युक्तं वचनं मखेशे॥ 12-290-24
“You do not know me, Devī! One of thin belly & limbs, what words are to be used with Makheśa (Lord of Sacrifices; i.e. Himself, Hara) [,do you not know]?
The original sounded very imperial to me! अहं विजानामि विशालनेत्रे ध्यानेन हीना न विदन्त्यसन्तः। तवाद्य मोहेन च सेन्द्रदेवा लोकास्त्रयः सर्वत एव मूढाः॥ 12-290-25
मामध्वरे शंसितारः स्तुवन्ति रथन्तरं सामगाश्चोपगान्ति। मां ब्राह्मणा ब्रह्मविदो यजन्ते ममाध्वर्यवः कल्पयन्ते च भागम्॥ 12-290-26 I know, one of large eyes, that those not endowed with Dhyāna, who do not understand me, those unholy ones. It is by your power of delusion that the Devas along with Indra & the three worlds are all stupefied.++ [It is] ME that the Śam̐sitṛ-s praise in the Adhvara (sacrifice), [to ME] that the Sāmaga-s sing the Rathantara; [It is] ME that the Brahmanas, who know the Veda, worship/sacrifice to; [it is] MY shares [of the sacrificial offerings] the Adhvaryus prepare/make ready! देव्युवाच
सुप्राकृतोऽपि पुरुषः सर्वः स्त्रीजनसंसदि। स्तौति गर्वायते चापि स्वमात्मानं न संशयः॥ 12-290-27
Devī said:
Even every ordinary (mortal) man, in the presence of [his] womenfolk, praises & boasts himself; [there is] no doubt! श्रीभगवानुवाच
नात्मानं स्तौमि देवेशि पश्य मे तनुमध्यमे।
यं स्रक्ष्यामि वरारोहे यागार्थे वरवर्णिनि॥ 12-290-28
Śrī Bhagavān (Hara) said:
I do not praise myself, Deveśī! See my [creation], slender-waisted one! [See] whom I create, beautiful one, for this Yāga! Bhagavān/Śrīkaṇṭharudra & Devī respectively create Vīrabhadra & Bhadrakālī, who, along with numberless Rudras, destroy the Dakṣayāga. When the Devas & Dakṣa humbly enquire Vīrabhadra about Him, He tells the truth & asks Dakṣa to surrender, uttering these hair-raising words: शरणं गच्छ विप्रेन्द्र देवदेवमुमापतिम् ।
वरं क्रोधोऽपि रुद्रस्य वरदानं न चान्यतः ।। For refuge, go oh Viprendra (Lord of Vipras), to the God of Gods, the Lord of Umā!
Better is the wrath of Rudra than the boons given by others (other Devas)! When I read it for the first time, I was simultaneously roused & moved! 