तत्पश्यतां खे भुवि चाद्भुतं महद् हाहेति वाद: सुमहानजायत । हन्त प्रिया दैवतमस्य देवी जहावसून् केन सती प्रकोपिता ॥ २८ ॥
tat pasyatam khe bhuvi cadbhutam mahad ha heti vadah sumahan ajayata hanta priya daivatamasya devi jahav asun kena sati prakopita
- tat
- that
- pasyatam
- of those who had seen
- khe
- in the sky
- bhuvi
- on the earth
- ca
- and
- adbhutam
- wonderful
- mahat
- great
- ha ha
- oh, oh
- iti
- thus
- vadah
- roar
- su-mahan
- tumultuous
- ajayata
- occurred
- hanta
- alas
- priya
- the beloved
- daiva-tamasya
- of the most respectable demigod (Lord Siva)
- devi
- Sati
- jahau
- quit
- asun
- her life
- kena
- by Daksa
- sati
- Sati
- prakopita
- angered.
When Sati annihilated her body in anger, there was a tumultuous roar all over the universe. Why had Sati, the wife of the most respectable demigod, Lord Siva, quit her body in such a manner?