TEXT 3
tato vinihsvasya sati vihaya tam
sokena rosena ca duyata hrda
pitror agat straina-vimudha-dhir grhan
premnatmano yo rdham adat satam priyah
SYNONYMS
tatahthen; vinihsvasyabreathing very heavily; satiSati; vihayaleaving; tamhim (Lord Siva); sokenaby bereavement; rosenaby anger; caand; duyataafflicted; hrdawith the heart; pitrohof her father; agatshe went; strainaby her womanly nature; vimudhadeluded; dhihintelligence; grhanto the house; premnadue to affection; atmanahof his body; yahwho; ardhamhalf; adatgave; satamto the saintly; priyahdear.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter Sati left her husband, Lord Siva, who had given her half his body due to affection. Breathing very heavily because of anger and bereavement, she went to the house of her father. This less intelligent act was due to her being a weak woman.
PURPORT
According to the Vedic conception of family life, the husband gives half his body to his wife, and the wife gives half of her body to her husband. In other words, a husband without a wife or a wife without a husband is incomplete. Vedic marital relationship existed between Lord Siva and Sati, but sometimes, due to weakness, a woman becomes very much attracted by the members of her fathers house, and this happened to Sati. In this verse it is specifically mentioned that she wanted to leave such a great husband as Siva because of her womanly weakness. In other words, womanly weakness exists even in the relationship between husband and wife. Generally, separation between husband and wife is due to womanly behavior; divorce takes place due to womanly weakness. The best course for a woman is to abide by the orders of her husband. That makes family life very peaceful. Sometimes there may be misunderstandings between husband and wife, as found even in such an elevated family relationship as that of Sati and Lord Siva, but a wife should not leave her husbands protection because of such a misunderstanding. If she does so, it is understood to be due to her womanly weakness.

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