Text 4] Daksa Curses Lord Siva 51

other he is the best of all Vaisnavas, or devotees, and he has a sampradaya
called the Rudra-sampradaya. Even if he is an enemy or is sometimes
angry, such a personality cannot be the object of envy, so Vidura, in
astonishment, asked why he was taken as such, especially by Daksa. Daksa
is also not an ordinary person. He is a Prajapati in charge of fathering
population, and all his daughters are highly elevated, especially Sati. Sati
means the most chaste. Whenever there is consideration of chastity, Sati,
this wife of Lord Siva and daughter of Daksa, is considered first. Vidura
was astonished that there could possibly be so much enmity between
Daksa, who was such a great man, the father of Sati, and Lord Siva, the
spiritual master of everyone, that the most chaste goddess Sati gave up
her body in that quarrel.

TEXT 3

TACTHME J HUY AM: TITAS |
FAVE FA: MOTTA TRIATAA U 3 I

etad akhyahi me brahman
jamatuh svasurasya ca

vidvesas tu yatah pranams
tatyaje dustyajan sati

etat—thus;akhyahi—please tell; me—to me; brahman—O brahmana; jama
tuh—of the son-in-law (Lord Siva); Svasurasya—of the father-in-law (Daksa);
ca—and; vidvesah— quarrel; tu—as to; yatah—from what cause; pranan—her
life; tatyaje—gave up; dustyajan—which is impossible to give up; sati—Sati.

TRANSLATION

Vidura therefore inquired: My dear Maitreya, would you kindly explain
to me how such a son-in-law and such a father-in-law could quarrel so
bitterly that the great goddess Sati could give up her life, with which it is
not easy to part?

TEXT 4

aaa vara
gu feagat at ada: Teta: |
TAA: Ad AM Faraiswg: Uv II
