106 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 3
offering obeisances, there must be an object of surrender or obeisances.
TEXT 24

aa fate a frantt teaq
aat am fez agama 4 |
wT faeagd ae ar
O S
WAT TARTRATE: RI
tat te niriksyo na pitapi deha-krd
dakso mama dvit tad-anuvratas ca ye
yo visvasrg yajna-gatam varoru mam
anagasam durvacasakarot tirah
tat—therefore; te—your; niriksyah—to be seen; na—nol; pita—your
father; api—although; deha-krt—the giver of your body; daksah—Daksa;
mama—my; dvit—envious; tat-anuvratah—his (Dakga’s) followers; ca—also;
ye—who; yah—who (Daksa); visvasrk—of the Visvasrjs; yajiia-gatam—being
present at the sacrifice; vara-uru—O Sati; mam—me; andgasam— being
innocent; durvacasd—with cruel words; akarot tirah—has insulted.
TRANSLATION
Therefore you should not see your father, although he is the giver of
your body, because he and his followers are envious of me. Because of his
envy, O most worshipful one, he has insulted me with cruel words although
I am innocent.
PURPORT
For a woman, both the husband and the father are equally worshipable.
The husband is the protector of a woman during her youthful life, where-
as the father is her protector during her childhood. Thus both are
—_— but especially the father because he is the giver of the body.
Lord Siva reminded Sati, “Your father is undoubtedly worshipable, even
more than I am, but take care, for although he is the giver of your body, he
may also be the taker of your body because when you see your father,
because of your association with me, he may insult you. An insult from a
relative is worse than death, especially when one is well situated.”
