SB 4.3.19
TEXT 19
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TEXT
तथारिभिर्न व्यथते शिलीमुखैः शेते ऽर्दिताङ्गो हृदयेन दूयता ।
स्वानां यथा वक्रधियां दुरुक्तिभिर् दिवानिशं तप्यति मर्मताडितः ॥ १९ ॥ tatharibhir na vyathate silimukhaih
sete 'rditaṅgo hrdayena duyata
svanam yatha vakra-dhiyam duruktibhir
diva-nisam tapyati marma-taditah
tatha-so; aribhih-enemy; na-not; vyathate-is hurt; silimukhaih-by the arrows; sete-rests; ardita-aggrieved; aṅgah-a part; hrdayena-by the heart; duyata-grieving; svanam-of relatives; yatha-as; vakra-dhiyam-deceitful; duruktibhih-by harsh words; diva-nisam-day and night; tapyati-suffers; marma-taditah-one whose feelings are hurt.
TRANSLATION
Lord Siva continued: If one is hurt by the arrows of an enemy, he is not as aggrieved as when cut by the unkind words of a relative, for such grief continues to rend his heart day and night.
PURPORT
Sati might have concluded that she would take the risk of going to her father's house, and even if her father spoke unkindly against her she would be tolerant, as a son sometimes tolerates the reproaches of his parents. But Lord Siva reminded her that she would not be able to tolerate such unkind words because natural psychology dictates that although one can suffer harm from an enemy and not mind so much because pain inflicted by an enemy is natural; but when one is hurt by the strong words of a relative, he suffers the effects continually, day and night, and sometimes the injury becomes so intolerable that one commits suicide.
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