Text 9] Talks Between Lord Siva and Sati 87

she told her husband that if he desired to go, then she could also accom-
pany him. In other words, she submitted her desire very politely to her

husband.
TEXT 9

TRA ART AA aA: aR
ad afteata aeftea: |
we a afaq arama
wad = afeaenfea II

tasmin bhaginyo mama bhartrbhih svakair
dhruvam gamisyanti suhrd-didrksavah

aham ca tasmin bhavatabhikamaye
sahopanitam paribarham arhitum

tasmin—in that sacrifice; bhaginyah—sisters; mama—my; bhartrbhih—
with their husbands; svuakath—their own; dhruvam—surely ; gamis yanti—will
go; suhrt-didrksavah—desiring to meet the relatives; aham—1; ca—and;
tasmin—in that assembly; bhavata—with you (Lord Siva); abhikamaye—|
desire ;saha— with; upanitam—given; paribarham—ornaments of decoration;
arhitum—to accept.

TRANSLATION

I think that all my sisters must have gone to this great sacrificial cere-
mony with their husbands just to see their relatives. 1 also desire to
decorate myself with the ornaments given to me by my father and go
there with you to participate in that assembly.

PURPORT

{i is a woman’s nature to want to decorate herself with ornaments and
nice dresses and accompany her husband to social functions, meet friends
and relatives and enjoy life in that way. This propensity is not unusual
because woman is the basic principle of material enjoyment. Therefore in
Sanskrit the word for woman is stri, which means one who expands the
field of material enjoyment. In the material world there is an attraction
between woman and man. This is the arrangement of conditional life. A
woman attracts a man, and in that way the scope of material activities,
involving house, wealth, children and friendship, increases, and thus
instead of decreasing one’s material demands, one becomes entangled in
