Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.1.65

bhavasya patnī tu satī

bhavaḿ devam anuvratā

ātmanaḥ sadṛśaḿ putraḿ

na lebhe guṇa-śīlataḥ

SYNONYMS

bhavasya — of Bhava (Lord Śiva); patnī — the wife; tu — but; satī — named Sati; bhavamto Bhava; devama demigod; anuvratā — faithfully engaged in service; ātmanaḥ — of herself; sadṛśam — similar; putrama son; na lebhe — did not obtain; guṇa-śīlataḥ — by good qualities and by character.

TRANSLATION

The sixteenth daughter, whose name was Satī, was the wife of Lord Śiva. She could not produce a child, although she always faithfully engaged in the service of her husband.

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