86 Srimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 4, Ch. 3

word sva-nilayabhyase indicates that they were passing right near her
residential quarters. The dresses and bodily features of the wives of the
heavenly denizens are very nicely described here. Their eyes moved, their
earrings and other ornaments glittered and glared, their dresses were the
nicest possible, and all of them had special lockets on their necklaces.
Each woman was accompanied by her husband. Thus they looked so
beautiful that Sati, Daksiyani, was impelled to dress similarly and go to
the sacrifice with her husband. That is the natural inclination of a woman.

TEXT 8

agar
TM 8A aNd
Prati agmateat: fae |
wa a waa am 4a
qafiaat fag aster uc

saty wvaca
prajapates te Svasurasya sampratarm
niryapito yajna-mahotsavah kila
vayan ca tatrabhisarama vama te
yady arthitami vibudha vrajanti hi
sati uvaca—Sati said; prajapateh—of laksa; le—your; svasurasya—of your
father-in-law; sampratam—nowadays; nirydpitah—has been started; yajiia-
mahotsavah—a great sacrifice; kila—certainly; vayam—we; ca—and; tatra—
there; abhisarama—may go; vama—O my dear Lord Siva; te—your; yadi—if;
arthita—desire; ami—these; vibudhah—demigods; vrajanti—are going; hi—
because.

TRANSLATION

Sati said: My dear Lord Siva, your father-in-law is now executing great
sacrifices, and all the demigods, having been invited by him, are going
there. If you desire, we may also go.

PURPORT

Sati knew of the tension between her father and her husband, but still
she expressed to her husband, Lord Siva, that since such sacrifices were
going on at her father’s house and so many demigods were going, she also
desired to go. But she could not express her willingness directly, and so
