Text 17| Talks Between Lord Siva and Sati 95

§ri bhagavan uvaca
tvayoditam sobhanam eva sobhane
anahuta apy abhiyanti bandhusu
te yady anultpadita-dosa-drstayo
baliyasanatmyamadena manyuna

sri bhagavan uvaca—the great lord replied; tuaya—by you; uditam—said;
Sobhanam—is_ true; eva—certainly; sobhane—my dear beautiful wife;
anahutah—without being invited; api—even; abhiyanti-go; bandhusu—
among friends; te—those (friends); yadi—if; anutpadita-dosa-drstayah—not
finding fault; baltyasa— more important; anatmyamadena—by pride caused
by identification with the body; manyuna—by anger.

TRANSLATION

The great lord replied: My dear beautiful wife, you have said that
one may go to a friend’s house without being invited, and this is true,
provided such a friend does not find fault with the guest because of
bodily identification and thereby become angry towards him.

PURPORT

Lord Siva could foresee that as soon as Sati reached her father’s house,
her father, Daksa, being too puffed up because of bodily identification,
would be angry at her presence, and although she was innocent and fault-
less, he would be mercilessly angry towards her. He warned that since her
father was too puffed up by his material possessions, he would be angry,
and this would be intolerable for her. Therefore it was better that she
not go. This fact was already experienced by Lord Siva because although
Lord Siva was faultless, Daksa cursed him in so many harsh words.

TEXT 17

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wat cat | aaaagea:
ROMA THe FE TTA TATA 1121

vidya-tapo-vitta-vapur-vayah-kulaih
satam gunath sadbhir asattametarath
smrtau hatayam bhrta-mana-durdrsah
stabdha na pasyanti hi dhama bhuyasam

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