मैत्रेय उवाच एतावदुक्त्वा विरराम शङ्कर: पत्न्यङ्गनाशं ह्युभयत्र चिन्तयन् । सुहृद्दिदृक्षु: परिशङ्किता भवान् निष्क्रामती निर्विशती द्विधास सा ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca etavad uktva virarama sankarah patny-anga-nasam hy ubhayatra cintayan suhrd-didrksuh parisankita bhavan niskramati nirvisati dvidhasa sa
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- etavat
- so much
- uktva
- after speaking
- virarama
- was silent
- sankarah
- Lord Siva
- patni-anga-nasam
- the destruction of the body of his wife
- hi
- since
- ubhayatra
- in both cases
- cintayan
- understanding
- suhrt-didrksuh
- being anxious to see her relatives
- parisankita
- being afraid
- bhavat
- of Siva
- niskramati
- moving out
- nirvisati
- moving in
- dvidha
- divided
- asa
- was
- sa
- she (Sati)
The sage Maitreya said: Lord Siva was silent after speaking to Sati, seeing her between decisions. Sati was very much anxious to see her relatives at her father’s house, but at the same time she was afraid of Lord Siva’s warning. Her mind unsettled, she moved in and out of the room as a swing moves this way and that.