SB 4.3.8

TEXT 8

TEXT

सत्युवाच
प्रजापतेस्ते श्वशुरस्य साम्प्रतं निर्यापितो यज्ञमहोत्सवः किल ।
वयं च तत्राभिसराम वाम ते यद्यर्थितामी विबुधा व्रजन्ति हि ॥ ८ ॥

saty uvaca

prajapates te svasurasya sampratam

niryapito yajna-mahotsavah kila

vayam ca tatrabhisarama vama te

yady arthitami vibudha vrajanti hi

sati uvaca-Sati said; prajapateh-of Daksa; te-your; svasurasya-of your father-in-law; sampratam-nowadays; niryapitah-has been started; yajna-mahotsavah-a great sacrifice; kila-certainly; vayam-we; ca-and; tatra-there; abhisarama-may go; vama-O my dear Lord Siva; te-your; yadi-if; arthita-desire; ami-these; vibudhah-demigods; vrajanti-are going; hi-because.

TRANSLATION

Sati said: My dear Lord Siva, your father-in-law is now executing great sacrifices, and all the demigods, having been invited by him, are going there. If you desire, we may also go.

PURPORT

Sati knew of the tension between her father and her husband, but still she expressed to her husband, Lord Siva, that since such sacrifices were going on at her father's house and so many demigods were going, she also desired to go. But she could not express her willingness directly, and so she told her husband that if he desired to go, then she could also accompany him. In other words, she submitted her desire very politely to her husband.