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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 4 ]
husband and wife, as found even in such an elevated family relationship as that of Satī and Lord Śiva, but a wife should not leave her husband's protection because of such a misunderstanding. If she does so, it is understood to be due to her womanly weakness.
TEXT 4
तामन्त्रगच्छन् द्रुतविक्रमां सती- मेकां त्रिनेत्रानुचराः सहस्रशः । सपार्षदयश्चा मणिमन्मदादयः पुरोवृषेन्द्रास्तरसा गतव्यथाः ॥ ४ ॥
tām anvagacchan druta-vikramām satīm ekām trinetrānucarāḥ sahasraśaḥ sa-pārṣada-yakṣā maṇiman-madādayaḥ puro-vṛṣendrās.tarasā gata-vyathāḥ
tām—her (Satī); anvagacchan—followed; druta-vikramām—leaving rapidly; satīm—Satī; ekām—alone; trinetra—of Lord Śiva (who has three eyes); anucarāḥ—the followers; sahasraśaḥ—by thousands; sa-pārṣada-yakṣāḥ—accompanied by his personal associates and the Yakṣas; maṇiman-madādayaḥ—Maṇimān, Mada, etc; puraḥ—vṛṣendrāḥ—having the Nandī bull in front; tarasā—swiftly; gata-vyathāḥ—without fear.
TRANSLATION
When they saw Satī leaving alone very rapidly, thousands of Lord Śiva's disciples headed by Maṇimān and Mada quickly followed her with his bull Nandī in front and accompanied by the Yakṣas.
PURPORT
Satī was going very fast so that she might not be checked by her husband, but she was immediately followed by the many thousands of disciples of Lord Śiva, headed by Yakṣas, Maṇimān and Mada. The word  gata-vyathāḥ , used in this connection, means without fear. Satī did not care that she was going alone; therefore she was almost fearless. The word  anucarāḥ  is also significant, for it indicates that Lord Śiva's disciples were always ready to sacrifice anything for Lord Śiva. All of them could understand the desire of Śiva, who did not want Satī to go alone.  Anucarāḥ  means those who can immediately understand the purpose of their master.