(^2) Refer notes appended to Chaupai line nos. 1-6 that precede Doha no. 62 herein
above.]
¬ÊÁ¿U‹ ŒÈπÈ Ÿ NUŒÿ° •‚ CÿÊ¬Ê – ¡‚ ÿ„U ÷ÿ©U ◊„UÊ ¬Á⁄UÃʬÊH 6H
¡lÁ¬ ¡ª ŒÊL§Ÿ ŒÈπ ŸÊŸÊ – ‚’ Ã¥ ∑§ÁΔUŸ ¡ÊÁà •fl◊ÊŸÊH 7H
pāchila dukhu na hṛdayam̐ asa byāpā. jasa yaha bhaya'u mahā paritāpā. 6.
jadyapi jaga dāruna dukha nānā. saba tēṁ kaṭhina jāti avamānā. 7.
The previous sorrows from which she was already suffering till now (that her husband
had repudiated her) had not tormented her heart as much as this new horror (of
witnessing her husband’s public insult and the scorn heaped on him). This new
torment was intolerable, and it shook her heart from its core. (6)
Although there are many types of great sorrows and grief that torment a
person during his or her interaction with the world, but the greatest amongst them is
being insulted, scorned at and rebuked in front of the society.
[*This verse can be interpreted in another way also as follows: “Although
there are many types of great sorrows and grief that torment a person during his or her
interaction with the world, but the greatest amongst them is the insult, the rebuke and
the scorn that is heaped on one’s own people, such as one’s kith and kin.] (7)
[Note—The reader would note that all of Sati’s miseries have their genesis in her
stubborn nature and lack of faith and trust in her husband who was not an ‘ordinary
husband’ but the wisest of all the gods. The lesson that one learns is that one ought to
pay attention to one’s sincere advisor, especially when he is a learned and wise one,
and not be too stubborn or over-confident about one’s own wisdom and intelligence.
The second lesson to be learnt is that one should never go anywhere uninvited, no
matter what happens, especially at a place where one is certain that he or she would
not be welcome because the host harbours ill-feelings towards one’s close relatives.
In the present case we observe that Sati had not personally offended her father
Daksha in any way, and on the contrary had come to her father’s place in good faith
and with full confidence that he would show fatherly affection for her, but as it turned
out, she discovered to her dismay, that since he had ill-will for her husband he treated
even his own daughter with disdain.]
‚◊ÈÁ¤Ê ‚Ù ‚ÁÃÁ„ U÷ÿ© U •Áà ∑ ̋§ÙœÊ– ’„ÈU Á’Áœ ¡ŸŸË¥ ∑§Ëã„U ¬ ̋’ÙœÊH 8H
samujhi sō satihi bhaya'u ati krōdhā. bahu bidhi jananīṁ kīnha prabōdhā. 8.
This thought (as described in verse nos. 5 and 7 herein above) made Sati furious with
indignation and anger. Her mother tried to calm her down in various ways.
[Her mother tried to soothe her ruffled feelings in the best way she could, and
tried to dissuade her from taking any reckless action in anger. But as it turned out, the
events had gone out of hand, and it was too much for Sati to cope with Shiva’s public
insult and humiliation—as will be clear in the following narrative.] 98)
ŒÊ0. Á‚fl •¬◊ÊŸÈ Ÿ ¡Êß ‚Á„U NUŒÿ° Ÿ „UÙß ¬ ̋’Ùœ–
‚∑§‹ ‚÷Á„U „UÁΔU „U≈UÁ∑§ Ã’ ’Ù‹Ë¥ ’øŸ ‚∑ ̋§ÙœH 63H
dōhā.