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Satī Quits Her Body
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TEXT 3
ततो विनिःश्वस्य सती विहाय तं 
  शोकेन रोषेण च दृश्यता हृदा । 
  पित्रोरगात्स्त्रैणविमूढधीर्गृहान् 
  प्रेम्णाऽऽत्मनो योऽर्धमदात्सतां प्रियः ॥३॥
tato viniḥśvasya satī vihāya tam 
  śokena roṣeṇa ca dūyatā hṛdā 
  pitror agāt straiṇa-vimūḍha-dhīr gṛhān 
  premṇātmano yo'rdham adāt satām priyaḥ
tataḥ—then; viniḥśvasya—breathing very heavily; satī—Satī; vihāya—leaving; tam—him (Lord Śiva); śokena—by bereavement; roṣeṇa—by anger; ca—and; dūyatā—afflicted; hṛdā—with the heart; pitroḥ—of her father; agāt—she went; straiṇa—by her womanly nature; vimūḍha—deluded; dhīḥ—intelligence; gṛhān—to the house; premṇā—due to affection; ātmanaḥ—of his body; yaḥ—who; ardham—half; adāt—gave; satām—to the saintly; priyaḥ—dear.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter Satī left her husband, Lord Śiva, who had given her half his body due to affection, and breathing very heavily because of anger and bereavement, she went to the house of her father. This less intelligent act was due to her being a weak woman.
PURPORT
According to the Vedic conception of family life, the husband gives half his body to his wife, and the wife gives half of her body to her husband. In other words, a husband without a wife or a wife without a husband is incomplete. The Vedic marital relationship existed between Lord Śiva and Satī, but sometimes, due to weakness, a woman becomes very attracted by the members of her father's house, and this happened to Satī. In this verse it is specifically mentioned that she wanted to leave such a great husband as Śiva because of her womanly weakness. In other words, womanly weakness exists even in the relationship between husband and wife. Generally separation between husband and wife is due to womanly behavior; divorce takes place due to womanly weakness. The best course for a woman is to abide by the orders of her husband. That makes family life very peaceful. Sometimes there may be misunderstandings between