वदत्येवं जने सत्या दृष्ट्वासुत्यागमद्भुतम् । दक्षं तत्पार्षदा हन्तुमुदतिष्ठन्नुदायुधा: ॥ ३१ ॥
vadaty evam jane satya drstvasu-tyagam adbhutam daksam tat-parsada hantum udatisthann udayudhah
- vadati
- were talking
- evam
- thus
- jane
- while the people
- satyah
- of Sati
- drstva
- after seeing
- asu-tyagam
- the death
- adbhutam
- wonderful
- daksam
- Daksa
- tat-parsadah
- the attendants of Lord Siva
- hantum
- to kill
- udatisthan
- stood up
- udayudhah
- with uplifted weapons.
While people were talking among themselves about the wonderful voluntary death of Sati, the attendants who had come with her readied themselves to kill Daksa with their weapons.