156 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 5

prasuti-misrah striya udvigna-citta
ucur vipako vrjinasyaiva tasya
yat pasyantinam duhitrnam prajesah
sutam satim avadadhyav anagam
prasuti-misrah—headed by Prasiti; striyah—the women; udvigna-cittah—
being very anxious; icuh—said; vipakah—the resultant danger; vrjinasya—
of the sinful activity; eva—indeed; tasya—his (Daksa’s); yat—because;
pasyantinam—who were looking on; duhitfnam—of her sisters; prajesah—
the lord of the created beings (Daksa); sutam—his daughter; satim-— Sati;
avadadhyau—insulted ; anagam—completely innocent.

TRANSLATION

Prasuti, the wife of Daksa, along with the other women assembled,
became very anxious and said: This danger has been created by Daksa
because of the death of Sati, who, even though completely innocent, quit
her body as her sisters looked on.

PURPORT

Prasitti, being a softhearted woman, could immediately understand
that the imminent danger approaching was due to the impious activity
of hardhearted Prajapati Daksa. He was so cruel that he would not save
her youngest daughter, Sati, from the action of committing suicide in the
presence of her sisters. Sati’s mother could understand how much Sati had
been pained by the insult of her father. She had been present along with
the other daughters, and Daksa had purposely received all of them but
her because she happened to be the wife of Lord Siva. This consideration
convinced the wife of Daksa of the danger which was now ahead, and thus
she knew that Daksa must be prepared to die for his heinous action.

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