Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.3.24

tat te nirikshyo na pitapi deha-krid

daksho mama dvit tad-anuvratas ca ye

yo visvasrig-yajna-gatam varoru mam

anagasam durvacasakarot tirah

SYNONYMS

tat -- therefore; te -- your; nirikshyah -- to be seen; na -- not; pita -- your father; api -- although; deha-krit -- the giver of your body; dakshah -- Daksha; mama -- my; dvit -- envious; tat-anuvratah -- his (Daksha's) followers; ca -- also; ye -- who; yah -- who (Daksha); visva-srik -- of the Visvasriks; yajna-gatam -- being present at the sacrifice; vara-uru -- O Sati; mam -- me; anagasam -- being innocent; durvacasa -- with cruel words; akarot tirah -- has insulted.

TRANSLATION

Therefore you should not see your father, although he is the giver of your body, because he and his followers are envious of me. Because of his envy, O most worshipful one, he has insulted me with cruel words although I am innocent.

PURPORT

For a woman, both the husband and the father are equally worshipable. The husband is the protector of a woman during her youthful life, whereas the father is her protector during her childhood. Thus both are worshipable, but especially the father because he is the giver of the body. Lord Siva reminded Sati, "Your father is undoubtedly worshipable, even more than I am, but take care, for although he is the giver of your body, he may also be the taker of your body because when you see your father, because of your association with me, he may insult you. An insult from a relative is worse than death, especially when one is well situated."

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