ततो विनि:श्वस्य सती विहाय तं शोकेन रोषेण च दूयता हृदा । पित्रोरगात्स्त्रैणविमूढधीर्गृहान् प्रेम्णात्मनो योऽर्धमदात्सतां प्रिय: ॥ ३ ॥
tato vinihsvasya sati vihaya tam sokena rosena ca duyata hrda pitror agat straina-vimudha-dhir grhan premnatmano yo ’rdham adat satam priyah
- tatah
- then
- vinihsvasya
- breathing very heavily
- sati
- Sati
- vihaya
- leaving
- tam
- him (Lord Siva)
- sokena
- by bereavement
- rosena
- by anger
- ca
- and
- duyata
- afflicted
- hrda
- with the heart
- pitroh
- of her father
- agat
- she went
- straina
- by her womanly nature
- vimudha
- deluded
- dhih
- intelligence
- grhan
- to the house
- premna
- due to affection
- atmanah
- of his body
- yah
- who
- ardham
- half
- adat
- gave
- satam
- to the saintly
- priyah
- dear
Thereafter Sati left her husband, Lord Siva, who had given her half his body due to affection. Breathing very heavily because of anger and bereavement, she went to the house of her father. This less intelligent act was due to her being a weak woman.