112 Srimad-Bhagavatam [ Canto 4, Ch. 4
husband and wife, as found even in such an elevated family relationship as
that of Sati and Lord Siva, but a wife should not leave her husband’s
protection because of such a misunderstanding. If she does so, it is
understood to be due to her womanly weakness.
TEXT 4
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tam anvagacchan druta-vikramam satim
ekdm trinetrdnucarah sahasrasah
sa-parsada-yaksd maniman-madadayah
puro-vrsendras.tarasd gata-vyathah
tam—her (Sat) ;anvagacchan—followed; druta-vikramam— leaving rapidly;
satim—Sati; ekam—alone; trinetra—of Lord Siva (who has three eyes);
anucarah—the followers; sahasrasah—by thousands; sa-parsada-yaksah—
accompanied by his personal associates and the Yaksas; maniman-mada-
adayah—Maniman, Mada, etc; purah-vrsendrah-having the Nandi bull in
front; tarasa—swiftly; gata-vyathah— without fear.
TRANSLATION
When they saw Sati leaving alone very rapidly, thousands of Lord Siva’s
disciples headed by Maniman and Mada quickly followed her with his bull
Nandi in front and accompanied by the Yaksas.
PURPORT
Sati was going very fast so that she might not be checked by her hushand,
but she was immediately followed by the many thousands of disciples of
Lord Siva, headed by Yaksas, Maniman and Mada. The word gata-vyathah,
used in this connection, means without fear. Sati did not care that she was
going alone; therefore she was almost fearless. The word anucarah is also
significant, for it indicates that Lord Siva’s disciples were always ready to
sacrifice anything for Lord Siva. All of them could understand the desire
of Siva, who did not want Sati to go alone. Anucarah means those who
can immediately understand the purpose of their master.
