CHAPTER THREE
Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī
TEXT I
मैत्रेय उवाच
सदा विद्विषतोरेवं कालो वै ध्रियमाणयोः । जामातुः श्वशुरस्यापि सुमहानतिचक्रमे ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca sadā vidviṣator evam kālo vai dhriyamāṇayoḥ jāmātuḥ śvaśurasyāpi su-mahān aticakrame
maitreyaḥ uvāca —Maitreya said;  sadā —constantly;  vidviṣatoḥ —the tension;  evam —in this manner;  kālaḥ —time;  vai —certainly;  dhriyamāṇayoḥ —continued to bear;  jāmātuḥ —of the son-in-law;  śvaśurasya —of the father-in-law;  api —even;  su-mahān —a very great;  aticakrame —passed.
TRANSLATION
Maitreya continued:  In this manner the tension between the father-in-law and son-in-law, Dakṣa and Lord Śiva, continued for a considerably long period.
PURPORT
The previous chapter has already explained that Vidura questioned the sage Maitreya as to the cause of the misunderstanding between Lord Śiva and Dakṣa. Another question is why the strife between Dakṣa and his son-in-law caused Satī to destroy her body. The chief reason for Śatī's giving up her body was that her father, Dakṣa, began another sacrificial performance to which Lord Śiva was not invited at all. Generally, when any sacrifice
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