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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 3]
material enjoyment. Lord Śiva, however, is different; therefore his name is Śiva. He is not at all attracted by material enjoyment, although his wife, Satī, was the daughter of a very great leader and was given to him by the request of Brahmā. Lord Śiva was reluctant, but Satī, as a woman, the daughter of a king, wanted enjoyment. She wanted to go to her father's house, just as her other sisters might have done, and meet them and enjoy social life. Here, she specifically indicated that she would decorate herself with the ornaments given by her father. She did not say that she would decorate herself with the ornaments given by her husband because her husband was callous about all such matters. He did not know how to decorate his wife and take part in social life because he was always in ecstasy with thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to the Vedic system, a daughter is given a sufficient dowry at the time of her marriage, so Satī was also given a dowry by her father, and ornaments were included. It is also the custom that the husband gives some ornaments, but here it is particularly mentioned that her husband, being materially almost nothing, could not do so; therefore she wanted to decorate herself with the ornaments given by her father. It was fortunate for Satī that Lord Śiva did not take the ornaments from his wife and spend them for  gāñjā  because those who imitate Lord Śiva in smoking  gāñjā  exploit everything from household affairs; they take all of their wives' property and spend on smoking, intoxication and similar other activities.
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तत्र स्वसृमें ननु भर्तृसम्मिता 
  मार्तृष्वसृः क्लिन्नधियं च मातरम् । 
  द्रष्ये चिरोत्कण्ठमना महर्षिभि- 
  रुन्नीयमानं च मृडाध्वरध्वजम् ॥१०॥
tatra svasṝr me nanu bhartṛ-sammitā  
 mātṛ-svasṝḥ klinna-dhiyam ca mātaram  
 drakṣye cirotkaṇṭha-manā maharṣibhir  
 unnīyamānam ca mṛḍādhvara-dhvajam
tatra —there;  svasṝḥ —own sisters;  me —my;  nanu —surely;  bhartṛ-sammitāḥ —along with their husbands;  mātṛ-svasṝḥ —the sisters of my mother;  klinna-dhiyam —affectionate;  ca —and;  mātaram —mother;  drakṣye —I shall see;  cira-utkaṇṭha-manāḥ —being very anxious for a long time;  maharṣibhiḥ —great sages;  unnīyamānam —being raised up;  ca —and;  mṛḍa —O Śiva;  adhvara —sacrifice;  dhvajam —flags.