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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 7]
TEXT 11
मवस्तवाय कृतधीनशिक्नोदनुरागतः । 
  औत्कण्ठ्याद्वाष्पकलया सम्परेतां सुतां सरन्॥११॥
bhava-stavāya kṛta-dhīr 
  nāśaknod anurāgataḥ 
  autkaṇṭhyād bāṣpa-kalayā 
  samparetām sutām smaran
bhava-stavāya—for praying to Lord Śiva; kṛta-dhīḥ—although decided; na—never; aśaknot—was able; anurāgataḥ—by feeling; autkaṇṭhyāt—because of eagerness; bāṣpa-kalayā—with tears in the eyes; samparetām—dead; sutām—daughter; smaran—remembering.
TRANSLATION
King Dakṣa wanted to offer prayers to Lord Śiva, but as he remembered the ill-fated death of his daughter Satī, his eyes filled with tears, and in bereavement his voice choked up, and he could not say anything.
TEXT 12
कृच्छ्रात्संस्तम्य च मनः प्रेमविहलितः सुधीः । 
  शशंस निर्व्यलीकेन भावेनेशं प्रजापतिः ॥१२॥
kṛcchrāt saṁstabhya ca manaḥ 
  prema-vihvalitaḥ sudhīḥ 
  śaśaṁsa nirvyalīkena 
  bhāveneśaṁ prajāpatiḥ
kṛcchrāt—with great endeavor; saṁstabhya—pacifying; ca— also; manaḥ—mind; prema-vihvalitaḥ—bewildered by love and affection; su-dhīḥ—one who has come to his real senses; śaśaṁsa—praised; nirvyalīkena—without duplicity, or with great love; bhāvena—in feeling; īśam—to Lord Śiva; prajāpatiḥ—King Dakṣa.
TRANSLATION
At this time, King Dakṣa, afflicted by love and affection, was very much awakened to his real senses. With great endeavor, he pacified his mind, checked his feelings, and with pure consciousness began to offer prayers to Lord Śiva.