मैत्रेय उवाच इत्यध्वरे दक्षमनूद्य शत्रुहन् क्षितावुदीचीं निषसाद शान्तवाक् । स्पृष्ट्वा जलं पीतदुकूलसंवृता निमील्य दृग्योगपथं समाविशत् ॥ २४ ॥
maitreya uvaca ity adhvare daksam anudya satru-han ksitav udicim nisasada santa-vak sprstva jalam pita-dukula-samvrta nimilya drg yoga-patham samavisat
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- iti
- thus
- adhvare
- in the arena of sacrifice
- daksam
- to Daksa
- anudya
- speaking
- satru-han
- O annihilator of enemies
- ksitau
- on the ground
- udicim
- facing north
- nisasada
- sat down
- santa-vak
- in silence
- sprstva
- after touching
- jalam
- water
- pita-dukula-samvrta
- dressed in yellow garments
- nimilya
- closing
- drk
- the vision
- yoga-patham
- the mystic yoga process
- samavisat
- became absorbed
Maitreya the sage told Vidura: O annihilator of enemies, while thus speaking to her father in the arena of sacrifice, Sati sat down on the ground and faced north. Dressed in saffron garments, she sanctified herself with water and closed her eyes to absorb herself in the process of mystic yoga.