Bhagavatapurana 4.3.15

4.3.15

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evaṃ giritraḥ priyayābhibhāṣitaḥ pratyabhyadhatta prahasan suhṛt-priyaḥ /
saṃsmārito marma-bhidaḥ kuvāg-iṣūn yān āha ko viśva-sṛjāṃ samakṣataḥ //

Verse 11. अजात्ममायया *V.* By the will of Paramatman who has no birth under the force of Karma. *D.* Takes अज separately as an address to Rudra. *Note :*—‘‘The universe is ever evident to thy view. etc. 15. The Rishi said:—Thus spoken to and importuned by his beloved, the god Śiva affectionate to his friends, laughed and said, as he was reminded of the arrows of bad words cutting to the quick which Daksha had uttered in the presence of the Prajāpatis.