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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.3.10

Who is speaking and story frame

तत्र स्वसृर्मे ननु भर्तृसम्मिता

मातृष्वसृ: क्लिन्नधियं च मातरम् ।

द्रक्ष्ये चिरोत्कण्ठमना महर्षिभि-

रुन्नीयमानं च मृडाध्वरध्वजम् ॥ १० ॥

tatra svasṝr me nanu bhartṛ-sammitā

mātṛ-ṣvasṝḥ klinna-dhiyaṁ ca mātaram

drakṣye cirotkaṇṭha-manā maharṣibhir

unnīyamānaṁ ca mṛḍādhvara-dhvajam

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.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Satī Longed for Family Company

  1. 1

    Because the tension had continued for a long time, Satī had not visited her father’s house for a long while.

  2. 2

    She eagerly anticipated seeing her sisters, their husbands and other affectionate relatives. She also wanted to see the flags and the sacrifice performed by great sages.

  3. 3

    Satī wanted to dress like her sisters and attend with her husband. She did not want to go alone.

Key points from the purport
  • Satī had therefore not gone to her father’s house for a long while.
  • Thus she was very anxious to go to her father’s house, particularly because on that occasion her sisters and their husbands and her mother’s sisters would be there.
  • As is natural for a woman, she wanted to dress equally to her other sisters and also be accompanied by her husband.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Humiliation and anger → Reconciliation. Relational offense leads to grief and destruction before restoration.

Chapters 1–7 of Canto 4: Dakṣa, Satī and Śiva. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 3: Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī

Satī wishes to attend her father’s sacrifice; Lord Śiva warns her about envy and hurtful words.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.3
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tatrathere
  2. svasṝḥown sisters
  3. memy
  4. nanusurely
  5. bhartṛ-sammitāḥalong with their husbands
  6. mātṛ-svasṝḥthe sisters of my mother
  7. klinna-dhiyamaffectionate
  8. caand
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 4.3

    In this verse: “mother’s”, “father’s”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I long for a family gathering, what matters most to me about attending?

Practice

Write one sentence identifying what you most value about meeting your relatives.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySatī Longed for Family CompanyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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