Texts 5-7] Talks Between Lord Siva and Sati 85

vrajantih sarvato digbhya
upadeva-vara-striyah

vimana-yanah sa-prestha
niska-kanthih su-vasasah

drstva sva-nilayabhyase
lolaksir mrsta-kundalah

patim bhuta-patim devam
autsukyad abhyabhasata

tat—then; upasrutya—hearing; nabhasi—in the sky; khecaranam—of those
who were flying in the air (the Gandharvas); prajalpatam—the conversation;
sati—Sati; daksadyani—the daughter of Daksa; devi—the wife of Siva; pitr-
yajiia-mahotsavam—the great festival of sacrifice performed by her father;
vrajantih—were going; sarvatah—from all; digbhyah— directions; upadeva-
vara-striyah—the beautiful wives of the demigods; vimana-yanadh—flying in
their airplanes; sa-presthah—along with their husbands; niska-kanthih—
having nice necklaces with lockets; su-vasasah—dressed in fine clothing;
drstvd—seeing; sva-nilaya-abhyase—near her residence; lola-aksih—having
beautiful glittering eyes; mrsta-kundalah—nice earrings; patim—her
husband; bhiita-patim—the master of the bhittas; devam—the demigod;
autsukyat—from great anxiety; abhyabhdsata—she spoke.

TRANSLATION

The chaste lady Sati, the daughter of Daksa, heard the heavenly denizens
flying in the sky conversing about the great sacrifice being performed by
her father. When she saw that from all directions the beautiful wives of the
heavenly denizens, their eyes very beautifully glittering, were near her
residence and were going to the sacrifice dressed in fine clothing and
ornamented with earrings and necklaces with lockets, she approached her
husband, the master of the bhutas, in great anxiety, and spoke as follows.

PURPORT

It appears that the residence of Lord Siva was not on this planet but
was somewhere in outer space, otherwise how could Sati see the airplanes
coming from different directions towards this planet and hear the passen-
gers talking about the great sacrifice being performed by Daksa? Sati is
described here as Daksayani because she was the daughter of Daksa. The
mention of upadeva-vara refers to inferior demigods like the Gandharvas,
Kinnaras and Uragas, who are not exactly demigods but are between the
demigods and the human beings. They were also coming in planes. The
