तदुपश्रुत्य नभसि खेचराणां प्रजल्पताम् । सती दाक्षायणी देवी पितृयज्ञमहोत्सवम् ॥ ५ ॥ व्रजन्ती: सर्वतो दिग्भ्य उपदेववरस्त्रिय: । विमानयाना: सप्रेष्ठा निष्ककण्ठी: सुवासस: ॥ ६ ॥ दृष्ट्वा स्वनिलयाभ्याशे लोलाक्षीर्मृष्टकुण्डला: । पतिं भूतपतिं देवमौत्सुक्यादभ्यभाषत ॥ ७ ॥
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
- niska-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
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.