698 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 13

intelligent men are more concerned with the eternal sky with all its
variegatedness.

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aft wet awa gt
Wea Aa = areft |
feared ATRRVETEY
Waa = ACAFHENT: Zo |

patim prayantam subalasya put
pati-vrata canujagama sadhvi

himalayam nyasta-danda-praharsam
manasvinam iva sat sampraharah

patim—her husband; prayantam—while leaving home; subalasya—of King
Subala; putri—worthy daughter; pati-vrata—devoted to her husband; ca—
also; anujagama—followed; sddhvi—the chaste; himalayam—towards the
Himalayan mountains; nyasta-danda—one who has accepted the rod of the
renounced order; praharsam—object of delight; manasvinam—of the great
fighters; iva—like; sat—legitimate; sampraharah—good lashing.

TRANSLATION

Gandhari, who was the daughter of King Subala of Kandahara [or
Gandhara], followed her husband, seeing that he was going to the
Himalayan mountains, which are the delight of those who have accepted
the staff of the renounced order like fighters who have accepted a good
lashing from the enemy.

PURPORT

Saubalim or Gandhari, daughter of King Subala and wife of King
Dhrtarastra, was ideal as a devoted wife to her husband. The Vedic civili-
zation especially prepares chaste and devoted wives, of whom Gandhari is
one amongst many mentioned in history. Laksmiji Sitadevi was also a
daughter of a great king, but she followed her husband Lord Ramacandra
into the forest. Similarly, as a woman she could remain at home or at her
father’s house, but as a chaste and gentle lady she followed her husband
