SB 4.2.3

TEXT 3

TEXT

एतदाख्याहि मे ब्रह्मन् जामातुः श्वशुरस्य च ।
विद्वेषस्तु यतः प्राणांस् तत्यजे दुस्त्यजान्सती ॥ ३ ॥

etad akhyahi me brahman

jamatuh svasurasya ca

vidvesas tu yatah pranams

tatyaje dustyajan sati

etat-thus; akhyahi-please tell; me-to me; brahman-O brahmana; jamatuh-of the son-in-law (Lord Siva); svasurasya-of the father-in-law (Daksa); ca-and; vidvesah-quarrel; tu-as to; yatah-from what cause; pranan-her life; tatyaje-gave up; dustyajan-which is impossible to give up; sati-Sati.

TRANSLATION

Vidura therefore inquired: My dear Maitreya, would you kindly explain to me how such a son-in-law and such a father-in-law could quarrel so bitterly that the great goddess Sati could give up her life, with which it is not easy to part?

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