SB 4.8.16

TEXT 16

TEXT

सोत्सृज्य धैर्यं विललाप शोक दावाग्निना दावलतेव बाला ।
वाक्यं सपत्न्याः स्मरती सरोज श्रिया दृशा बाष्पकलामुवाह ॥ १६ ॥

sotsrjya dhairyam vilalapa soka-

davagnina dava-lateva bala

vakyam sapatnyah smarati saroja-

sriya drsa baspa-kalam uvaha

sa-she; utsrjya-giving up; dhairyam-patience; vilalapa-lamented; soka-dava-agnina-by the fire of grief; dava-lata iva-like burnt leaves; bala-the woman; vakyam-words; sapatnyah-spoken by her co-wife; smarati-remember; saroja-sriya-a face as beautiful as a lotus; drsa-by looking; baspa-kalam-weeping; uvaha-said.

TRANSLATION

This incident was unbearable to Suniti's patience. She began to burn as if in a forest fire, and in her grief she became just like a burnt leaf and so lamented. As she remembered the words of her co-wife, her bright lotuslike face became filled with tears, and thus she spoke.

PURPORT

When a man is aggrieved, he feels exactly like a burnt leaf in a forest fire. Suniti's position was like that, and although her face was as beautiful as a lotus flower, it dried up because of the burning fire caused by the harsh words of her co-wife.

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