> > Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 4
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> > Canto 4 Part 1

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> > Chapter Three: Talks Between Lord Siva and Sati

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> > TEXT 1

> > maitreya uvaca

> > sada vidvisator evam

> > kalo vai dhriyamanayoh

> > jamatuh svasurasyapi

> > sumahan aticakrame

> > maitreyah uvaca--Maitreya said; sada--constantly; vidv isatoh--the tension; evam--in this manner; kalah--time; vai--certainly; dhriyamanayoh--continued to bear; jamatuh--of the son-in-law; svasurasya--of the father-in-law; api--even; su-mahan--a very great; aticakrame--passed.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Maitreya continued: In this manner the tension between the father-in-law and son-in-law, Daksa and Lord Siva, continued for a considerably long period.

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> > TEXT 2

> > yadabhis ikto daksas tu

> > brahmana paramesthina

> > prajapatinam sarvesam

> > adhipatye smayo 'bhavat

> > yada--when; abhis iktah--appointed; daksah--Daksa; tu--but; brahmana--by Brahma; paramesthina--the supreme teacher; prajapatinam--of the Prajapatis; sarvesam--of all; adhipatye--as the chief; smayah--puffed up; abhavat--he became.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When Lord Brahma appointed Daksa the chief of all the Prajapatis, the progenitors of population, Daksa became very much puffed up.

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> > TEXT 3

> > istva sa vajapeyena

> > brahmisthan abhibhuya ca

> > brhaspati-savam nama

> > samarebhe kratuttamam

> > istva--after performing; sah--he (Daksa); vajapeyena--with a vajapeya sacrifice; brahmisthan--Siva and his followers; abhibhuya--neglecting; ca--and; brhaspati-savam--the brhaspati-sava; nama--called; samarebhe--began; kratu-uttamam--the best of sacrifices.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Daksa began a sacrifice named vajapeya, and he became excessively confident of his support by Lord Brahma, He then performed another great sacrifice, named brhaspati-sava.

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> > TEXT 4

> > tasmin brahmarsayah sarve

> > devarsi-pitr-devatah

> > asan krta-svastyayana-s

> > tat-patayas ca sa-bhartrkah

> > tasmin--in that (sacrifice); brahma-rsayah--the brahmarsis; sarve--all; devarsi--the devarsis; pitr--ancestors; devatah--demigods; asan--were; krta-svasti-ayanah--were very nicely decorated with ornaments; tat-patnyah--their wives; ca--and; sa-bhartrka-h--along with their husbands.

> > TRANSLATION

> > While the sacrifice was being performed, many brahmarsis, great sages, ancestral demigods and other demigods, their wives all very nicely decorated with ornaments, attended from different parts of the universe.

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> > TEXT 5-7

> > tad upasrutya nabhasi

> > khe-caranam prajalpatam

> > sati daksayani devi

> > pitr-yajna-mahotsavam

> > vrajantih sarvato digbhya

> > upadeva-vara-striyah

> > vimana-yanah sa-prestha

> > niska-kanthih suvasasah

> > drstva sva-nilayabhyase

> > lolaksir mrsta-kundalah

> > patim bhuta-patim devam

> > autsukyad abhyabhasata

> > tat--then; upasrutya--hearing; nabhasi--in the sky; khe-caranam--of those who were flying in the air (the Gandharvas); prajalpatam--the conversation; sati--Sati; daksayani--the daughter of Daksa; devi--the wife of Siva; pitr-yajna-maha-utsavam--the great festival of sacrifice performed by her father;

> > vrajantih--were going; sarvatah--from all; digbhyah--directions; upadeva-vara-striyah--the beautiful wives of the demigods; vimana-yanah--flying in their airplanes; sa-presthah--along with their husbands; nis ka-kanthih--having nice necklaces with lockets; su-vasasah--dressed in fine clothing;

> > drstva--seeing; sva-nilaya-abhyase--near her residence; lola-aksih--having beautiful glittering eyes; mrsta-kundalah--nice earrings; patim--her husband; bhuta-patim--the master of the bhutas; devam--the demigod; autsukyat--from great anxiety; abhyabhasata--she spoke.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The chaste lady Sati, the daughter of Daksa, heard the heavenly denizens flying in the sky conversing about the great sacrifice being performed by her father. When she saw that from all directions the beautiful wives of the heavenly denizens, their eyes very beautifully glittering, were near her residence and were going to the sacrifice dressed in fine clothing and ornamented with earrings and necklaces with lockets, she approached her husband, the master of the bhutas, in great anxiety, and spoke as follows.

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> > TEXT 8

> > 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-maha-utsavah--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.

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> > TEXT 9

> > tasmin bhaginyo mama bhartrbhih

> > dhruvam gamisyanti suhrd-didrksavah

> > aham ca tasmin bhavatabhikamaye

> > sahopanitam paribarham arhitum

> > tasmin--in that sacrifice; bhaginyah--sisters; mama--my; bhartrbhih--with their husbands; svakaih--their own; dhruvam--surely; gamisyanti--will go; suhrt-didrksavah--desiring to meet the relatives; aham--I; ca--and; tasmin--in that assembly; bhavata--with you (Lord Siva); abhikamaye--I desire; saha--with; upanitam--given; paribarham--ornaments of decoration; arhitum--to accept.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I think that all my sisters must have gone to this great sacrificial ceremony with their husbands just to see their relatives. I also desire to decorate myself with the ornaments given to me by my father and go there with you to participate in that assemble.

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> > TEXT 10

> > tatra svasrr me nanu bhartr-sammita

> > matr-svasrh klinna-dhiyam ca mataram

> > draksye cirotkantha-mana maharsibhir

> > unniyamanam ca mrdadhvara-dhvajam

> > tatra--there; svasr-h--own sisters; me--my; nanu--surely; bhartr-sammitah--along with their husbands; matr-svasrh--the sisters of my mother; klinna-dhiyam--affectionate; ca--and; mataram--mother; draksye--I shall see; cira-utkantha-manah--being very anxious for a long time; maha-rsibhih--by great sages; unniyamanam--being raised; ca--and; mrda--O Siva; adhvara--sacrifice; dhvajam--flags.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My sisters, my mother's sisters and their husbands, and other affectionate relatives must be assembled there, so if I go I shall be able to see them, and I shall be able to see the flapping flags and the performance of the sacrifice by the great sages. For these reasons, my dear husband, I am very much anxious to go.

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> > TEXT 11

> > tvayy etad ascaryam ajatma-mayaya

> > vinirmitam bhati guna-trayatmakam

> > tathapy aham yosid atattva-vic ca te

> > dina didrkse bhava me bhava-ksitim

> > tvayi--in you; etat--this; ascaryam--wonderful; aja--O Lord Siva; atma-mayaya--by the external energy of the Supreme Lord; vinirmitam--created; bhati--appears; guna-traya-atmakam--being an interaction of the three modes of material nature; tatha api--even so; aham--I; yosit--woman; atattva-vit--not conversant with the truth; ca--and; te--your; dina--poor; didrkse--I wish to see; bhava--O Lord Siva; me--my; bhava-ksitim--place of birth.

> > TRANSLATION

> > This manifested cosmos is a wonderful creation of the interaction of the three material modes, or the external energy of the Supreme Lord. This truth is fully known to you. Yet I am but a poor woman, and, as you know, I am not conversant with the truth. Therefore I wish to see my birthplace once more.

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> > TEXT 12

> > pasya prayantir abhavanya-yosito

> > 'py alankrtah kanta-sakha varuthasah

> > yasam vrajddbhih siti-kantha manditam

> > nabho vimanaih kala-hamsa-pandubhih

> > pasya--just see; prayantih--going; abhava--O never-born; anya-yosit ah--other women; api--certainly; alankrtah--ornamented; kanta-sakhah--with their husbands and friends; varuthasah--in large numbers; yasam--of them; vrajadbhih--flying; siti-kantha--O blue-throated one; manditam--decorated; nabhah--the sky; vimanaih--with airplanes; kala-hamsa--swans; pandubhih--white.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O never-born, O blue-throated one, not only my relatives but also other women, dressed in nice clothes and decorated with ornaments, are going there with their husbands and friends. Just see how their flocks of white airplanes have made the entire sky very beautiful.

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> > TEXT 13

> > katham sutayah pitr-geha-kautukam

> > niamya dehah sura-varya nengate

> > anahuta apy abhiyanti sauhrdam

> > bhartur guror deha-krtas ca ketanam

> > katham--how; sutayah--of a daughter; pitr-geha-kautukam--the festival in the house of her father; niamya--hearing; dehah--the body; sura-varya--O best of the demigods; na--not; ingate--disturbed; anahutah--without being called; api--even; abhiyanti--goes; sauhrdam--a friend; bhartuh--of the husband; guroh--of the spiritual master; deha-krtah--of the father; ca--and; ketanam--the house.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O best of the demigods, how can the body of a daughter remain undisturbed when she hears that some festive event is taking place in her father's house? Even though you may be considering that I have not been invited, there is no harm if one goes to the house of one's friend, husband, spiritual master or father without invitation.

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> > TEXT 14

> > tan me prasidedam amartya vanchitam

> > kartum bhavan karuniko batarhati

> > tvayatmano 'rdhe 'ham adabhra-caksusa

> > nirupita manugrhana yacitah

> > tat--therefore; me--unto me; prasida--please be kind; idam--this; amartya--O immortal lord; vanchitam--desire; kartum--to do; bhavan--Your Honor; karunikah--kind; bata--O lord; arhati--is able; tvaya--by you; atmanah--of your own body; ardhe--in the half; aham--I; adabhra-caksusa--having all knowledge; nirupita--am situated; ma--to me; anugrhana--please show kindness; yacitah--requested.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O immortal Siva, please be kind towards me and fulfill my desire. You have accepted me as half of your body; therefore please show kindness towards me and accept my request.

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> > TEXT 15

> > rsir uvaca

> > evam giritrah priyayabhibhasitah

> > pratyabhyadhatta prahasan suhrt-priyah

> > samsmarito marma-bhidah kuvag-is un

> > yan aha ko visva-srjam samaksatah

> > rsih uvaca--the great sage Maitreya said; evam--thus; giritrah--Lord Siva; priyaya--by his dear wife; abhibhasitah--being spoken to; pratyabhyadhatta--replied; prahasan--while smiling; suhrt-priyah--dear to the relatives; samsmaritah--remembering; marma-bhidah--heart piercing; kuvak-isun--malicious words; yan--which (words); aha--said; kah--who (Daksa); visva-srjam--of the creators of the universal manifestation; samaksatah--in the presence.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The great sage Maitreya said: Lord Siva, the deliverer of the hill Kailasa, having thus been addressed by his dear wife, replied smilingly, although at the same time he remembered the malicious, heart-piercing speeches delivered by Daksa before the guardians of the universal affairs.

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> > TEXT 16

> > sri-bhagavan uvaca

> > tvayoditam sobhanam eva sobhane

> > anahuta apy abhiyanti bandhusu

> > te yady anutpadita-dosa-drstayo

> > baliyasanatmya-madena manyuna

> > sri-bhagavan uvaca--the great lord replied; tvaya--by you; uditam--said; sobhanam--is true; eva--certainly; sobhane--my dear beautiful wife; anahutah--without being invited; api--even; abhiyanti--go; bandhusu--among friends; te--those (friends); yadi--if; anutpadita-dosa-drstayah--not finding fault; baliyasa--more important; anatmya-madena--by pride caused by identification with the body; manyuna--by anger.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The great lord replied: My dear beautiful wife, you have said that one may go to a friend's house without being invited, and this is true, provided such a friend does not find fault with the guest because of bodily identification and thereby become angry towards him.

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> > TEXT 17

> > vidya-tapo-vitta-vapur-vayah-kulaih

> > satam gunaih sddbhir asattametaraih

> > smrtau hatayam bhrta-mana-durdrsah

> > stabdha na pasyanti hi dhama bhuyasam

> > vidya--education; tapah--austerity; vitta--wealth; vapuh--beauty of body, etc.; vayah--youth; kulaih--with heritage; satam--of the pious; gunaih--by such qualities; sadbhih--six; asattama-itaraih--having the opposite result to those who are not great souis; smrtau--good sense; hatayam--being lost; bhrta-mana-durdrsah--blind due to pride; stabdhah--being proud; na--not; pasyanti--see; hi--for; dhama--the glories; bhuyasam--of the great souls.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Although the six qualities education, austerity, wealth, beauty, youth and heritage are for the highly elevated, one who is proud of possessing them becomes blind, and thus he loses his good sense and cannot appreciate the glories of great personalities.

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> > TEXT 18

> > naitadrsanam sva jana-vyapeksaya

> > grhan pratiydd anavasthitatmanam

> > ye 'bhyagatan vakra-dhiyabhicaksate

> > aropita-bhrubhir amarsanaksibhih

> > na--not; etadrsanam--like this; sva jana--kinsmen; vyapeksaya--depending on that; grhan--in the house of; pratiyat--one should go; anavasthita--disturbed; atmanam--mind; ye--those; abhyagatan--guests; vakra-dhiya--with a cold reception; abhicaksate--looking at; aropita-bhrubhih--with raised eyebrows; amarsana--angry; aksibhih--with the eyes.

> > TRANSLATION

> > One should not go to anyone's house, even on the consideration of his being a relative or a friend, when the man is disturbed in his mind and looks upon the guest with raised eyebrows and angry eyes.

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> > TEXT 19

> > tatharibhir na vyathate silimukhaih

> > sete 'rditango hrdayena duyata

> > svanam yatha vakra-dhiyam duruktibhir

> > diva-niam tapyati marma-taditah

> > tatha--so; aribhih--enemy; na--not; vyathate--is hurt; silimukhaih--by the arrows; sete--rests; ardita--aggrieved; angah--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, one is not as aggrieved as when cut by the unkind words of a relative, for such grief continues to rend one's heart day and night.

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> > TEXT 20

> > vyaktam tvam utkrsta-gateh prajapateh

> > priyatmajanam asi subhru me mata

> > tathapi manam na pituh prapatsyase

> > mad-asrayat kah paritapyate yatah

> > vyaktam--it is clear; tvam--you; utkrsta-gateh--having the best behavior; prajapateh--of Prajapati Daksa; priya--the pet; atmajanam--of the daughters; asi--you are; subhru--O you with the beautiful eyebrows; me--my; mata--considered; tatha api--yet; manam--honor; na--not; pituh--from your father; prapatsyase--you will meet with; mat-asrayat--from connection with me; kah--Daksa; paritapyate--is feeling pain; yatah--from whom.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My dear white-complexioned wife, it is clear that of the many daughters of Daksa you are the pet, yet you will not be honored at his house because of your being my wife. Rather, you will be sorry that you are connected with me.

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> > TEXT 21

> > papacyamanena hrdaturendriyah

> > samrddhibhih purusa-buddhi-saksinam

> > akalpa esam adhirodhum anjasa

> > param padam dvesti yathasura harim

> > papacyamanena--burning; hrda--with a heart; atura-indriyah--who is distressed; samrddhibhih--by the pious reputation, etc.; purusa-buddhi-saksinam--of those who are always absorbed in thought of the Supreme Lord; akalpah--being unable; esam--of those persons; adhirodhum--to rise; anjasa--quickly; param--merely; padam--to the standard; dvesti--envy; yatha--as much as; asurah--the demons; harim--the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

> > TRANSLATION

> > One who is conducted by false ego and thus always distressed, both mentally and sensually, cannot tolerate the opulence of self-realized persons. Being unable to rise to the standard of self-realization, he envies such persons as much as demons envy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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> > TEXT 22

> > pratyudgama-prasrayanabhivadanam

> > vidhiyate sadhu mithah sumadhyame

> > prajnaih parasmai purusaya cetasa

> > guha-sayayaiva na deha-manine

> > pratyudgama--standing up from one's seat; prasrayana--welcoming; abhivadanam--obeisances; vidhiyate--are intended; sadhu--proper; mithah--mutually; su-madhyame--my dear young wife; prajnaih--by the wise; parasmai--unto the Supreme; purusaya--unto the Supersoul; cetasa--with the intelligence; guha-sayaya--sitting within the body; eva--certainly; na--not; deha-manine--to the person identifying with the body.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My dear young wife, certainly friends and relatives offer mutual greetings by standing up, welcoming one another and offering obeisances. But those who are elevated to the transcendental platform, being intelligent, offer such respects to the Supersoul, who is sitting within the body, not to the person who identifies with the body.

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> > TEXT 23

> > sattvam viuddham vasudeva-sabditam

> > yad iyate tatra puman apavrtah

> > sattve ca tasmin bhagavan vasudevo

> > hy adhoksajo me namasa vidhiyate

> > sattvam--consciousness; viuddham--pure; vasudeva--Vasudeva; sabditam--known as; yat--because; iyate--is revealed; tatra--there; puman--the Supreme Person; apavrtah--without any covering; sattve--in consciousness; ca--and; tasmin--in that; bhagavan--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vasudevah--Vasudeva; hi--because; adhoksajah--transcendental; me--by me; namasa--with obeisances; vidhiyate--worshiped.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I am always engaged in offering obeisances to Lord Vasudeva in pure Krna consciousness. Krsna consciousness is always pure consciousness, in which the Supreme Personality of Godhead, known as Vasudeva, is revealed without any covering.

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> > TEXT 24

> > tat te niriksyo na pitapi deha-krd

> > dakso mama dvit tad-anuvratas ca ye

> > yo vinasrg-yajna-gatam varoru mam

> > anagasam durvacasakarot tirah

> > tat--therefore; te--your; niriksyah--to be seen; na--not; pita--your father; api--although; deha-krt--the giver of your body; daksah--Daksa; mama--my; dvit--envious; tat-anuvratah--his (Daksa's) followers; ca--also; ye--who; yah--who (Daksa); visva-srk--of the Visvasrks; yajna-gatam--being present at the sacrifice; vara-uru--O Sati; mam--me; anagasam--being innocent; durvacasa--with cruel words; akarot tirah--has insulted.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Therefore you should not see your father, although he is the giver of your body, because he and his followers are envious of me. Because of his envy, O most worshipful one, he has insulted me with cruel words although I am innocent.

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> > TEXT 25

> > yadi vrajisyasy atihaya mad-vaco

> > bhadram bhavatya na tato bhavis yati

> > sambhavitasya svajanat parabhavo

> > yada sa sadyo maranaya kalpate

> > yadi--if; vrajisyasi--you will go; atihaya--neglecting; mat-vacah--my words; bhadram--good; bhavatyah--your; na--not; tatah--then; bhavis yati--will become; sambhavitasya--most respectable; svajanat--by your own relative; parabhavah--are insulted; yada--when; sah--that insult; sddyah--immediately; maranaya--to death; kalpate--is equal.

> > TRANSLATION

> > If in spite of this instruction you decide to go, neglecting my words, the future will not be good for you. You are most respectable, and when you are insulted by your relative, this insult will immediately be equal to death.

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