Do not grieve, my dear lotus-eyed

I will bring you joy without delay

O elephant-gaited beauty!

 

I am always keen to fulfil your wishes,

there is no exception to that

 

O dark-haired beauty, I kept quiet till now

since I didn’t want to bring sorrow to you

You watch now, I will get him beheaded

Watch him fall like grass amid the fire of Siva’s agents.

Sloka:

Having listened to her father’s impious words, Sathi returned to Kailasa in haste, prostrated in front of Lord Siva and, with anger, fear and sorrow agitating her mind, spoke thus.

For standing in front of me and

speaking with such arrogance

right now my servants will

throw you out, you understand.

 

To speak ill of the Almighty

alas, why did it ever occur to you!

because bad days have befallen you,

this enmity with gods has surfaced

 

My father, this wickedness is no good

please listen to my words.

 

Sloka:

Sathi, who ignored her husband’s words as she was keen to watch the sacrificial rites, having arrived at her father’s palace accompanied by Siva’s guards and surrounded by happy celestial women, was confronted by her angry father Daksha who spoke to her cruelly thus.

O lotus-eyed beauty! since the villainous Dakshan

hasn’t even informed us about the rites,

if you happen to go there he will abuse you

in public; have no doubts about that.

 

My girl, O mild-mannered wife,

my dear, please hear my words