### SB 4.8.16

> सोत्सृज्य धैर्यं विललाप शोक दावाग्निना दावलतेव बाला ।\
> वाक्यं सपत्न्याः स्मरती सरोज श्रिया दृशा बाष्पकलामुवाह ॥१६॥

> sotsṛjya dhairyaṁ vilalāpa śoka-\
> dāvāgninā dāva-lateva bālā\
> vākyaṁ sapatnyāḥ smaratī saroja-\
> śriyā dṛśā bāṣpa-kalām uvāha

*sā*—she; *utsṛjya*—giving up; *dhairyam*—patience; *vilalāpa*—lamented; *śoka-dāva-agninā*—by the fire of grief; *dāva-latā iva*—like burned leaves; *bālā*—the woman; *vākyam*—words; *sa-patnyāḥ*—spoken by her co-wife; *smaratī*—remember; *saroja-śriyā*—a face as beautiful as a lotus; *dṛśā*—by looking; *bāṣpa-kalām*—weeping; *uvāha*—said.

**This incident was unbearable to Sunīti's patience. She began to burn as if in a forest fire, and in her grief she became just like a burnt leaf and so lamented. As she remembered the words of her co-wife, her bright lotuslike face became filled with tears, and thus she spoke.**

When a man is aggrieved, he feels exactly like a burnt leaf in a forest fire. Sunīti's position was like that, and although her face was as beautiful as a lotus flower, it dried up because of the burning fire caused by the harsh words of her co-wife.