Doha 62
Satī’s visit to Dakṣa’s sacrifice
कहेहु नीक मोरेहुँ मन भावा। यह अनुचित नहिं नेवत पठावा॥ दच्छ सकल निज सुता बोलाईं। हमरें बयर तुम्हउ बिसराईं॥१॥
ब्रह्मसभाँ हम सन दुखु माना। तेहि तें अजहुँ करहिं अपमाना॥ जौं बिनु बोलें जाहु भवानी। रहइ न सीलु सनेहु न कानी॥२॥
जदपि मित्र प्रभु पितु गुर गेहा। जाइअ बिनु बोलेहुँ न सँदेहा॥ तदपि बिरोध मान जहँ कोई। तहाँ गएँ कल्यानु न होई॥३॥
भाँति अनेक संभु समुझावा। भावी बस न ग्यानु उर आवा॥ कह प्रभु जाहु जो बिनहिं बोलाएँ। नहिं भलि बात हमारे भाएँ॥४॥
Meaning
Lord Śiva replied, “Your suggestion is good and has commended itself to Me as well. But the anomaly is that no invitation has been sent to us. Dakṣa has invited all his other daughters; but because of the ill-will he bears towards me, you too have been ignored. (1) “In the court of Brahmā he once took offence against me; that is why he insults Me even now. If you go there uninvited, Bhavānī, all propriety, affection and decorum will be cast to the winds. (2) “It is no doubt true one may call on one’s friend, master, father or teacher without waiting for a formal invitation; yet where someone nurses a grudge against you, you accomplish nothing by going there”. (3) Śiva expostulated with Satī in so many ways, but as fate had willed it, good sense did not dawn on Her. The Lord repeated once more that if She went to Her father’s place uninvited, He visualized no good results from it. (4)
कहि देखा हर जतन बहु रहइ न दच्छकुमारि। दिए मुख्य गन संग तब बिदा कीन्ह त्रिपुरारि॥६२॥
Meaning
Having reasoned with Her in several ways, when Śiva at long last realized that Satī would not stay, Mahādeva, the Slayer of Tripura, detailed a few of His principal attendants as Her escort and let Her go. (62)
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