Text 9] Sati Quits Her Body 117
TEXT 9
Te aT ATT
fiat = 33 Gated Pat
we =| aaaReritad
TAT Seat TTA TT US Ul
arudra-bhagam tam aveksya cadhvararm
pitra ca deve krta-helanam vibhau
anddrta yajiia-sadasy adhisvari
cukopa lokan iva dhaksyati rusa
arudra-bhagam—having no oblations for Lord Siva; tam—that; aveksya—
seeing; ca—and; adhvaram—place of sacrifice; pitra—by her father; ca—and;
deve—to Lord Siva; krta-helanam—contempt having been shown; vibhau—
to the lord; anadrta—not being received; yajfia-sadasi—in the assembly of
the sacrifice; adhigvari—Sati; cukopa—became greatly angry; lokan—the
fourteen worlds; iva—as if; dhaksyati— burning; rusa—with anger.
TRANSLATION
Present in the arena of sacrifice, Sati saw that there were no oblations
for her husband, Lord Siva. Next she realized that not only did her father
fail to invite Lord Siva, but when he saw Lord Siva’s exalted wife, Daksa
did not receive her either. Thus she became greatly angry, so much so that
she looked at her father as if she were going to burn him with her eyes.
PURPORT
By offering oblations in the fire while chanting the Vedic mantra svaha,
one offers respect to all the demigods, great sages, and pitrs, including
Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and Lord Visnu. It is customary that Siva is one
of those who are offered respects, but Sati, while personally present in the
arena, saw that the brahmanas did not utter the mantra offering oblations
to Lord Siva, namah sivaya svaha. She was not sorry for herself, for she was
ready to come to her father’s house without being invited, but she
wanted to see whether or not her husband was being respected. To see her
relatives, her sisters and mother, was not so important; even when she was
received by her mother and sisters she did not care, for she was most con-
cerned that her husband was being insulted in the sacrifice. When she
marked the insult, she became greatly angry, and she looked at her father
so angrily that Daksa appeared to burn in her vision.
