Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.3.4

tasmin brahmarshayah sarve

devarshi-pitri-devatah

asan krita-svastyayanas

tat-patnyas ca sa-bhartrikah

SYNONYMS

tasmin -- in that (sacrifice); brahma-rishayah -- the brahmarshis; sarve -- all; devarshi -- the devarshis; pitri -- ancestors; devatah -- demigods; asan -- were; krita-svasti-ayanah -- were very nicely decorated with ornaments; tat-patnyah -- their wives; ca -- and; sa-bhartrikah -- along with their husbands.

TRANSLATION

While the sacrifice was being performed, many brahmarshis, great sages, ancestral demigods and other demigods, their wives all very nicely decorated with ornaments, attended from different parts of the universe.

PURPORT

In any auspicious ceremony, such as a marriage ceremony, sacrificial ceremony or puja ceremony, it is auspicious for married women to decorate themselves very nicely with ornaments, fine clothing and cosmetics. These are auspicious signs. Many heavenly women assembled with their husbands, the devarshis, demigods and rajarshis, in that great sacrifice named brihaspati-sava. It is specifically mentioned in this verse that they approached with their husbands, for when a woman is decorated nicely, her husband becomes more cheerful. The nice decorations, ornaments and dress of the wives of the demigods and sages and the cheerfulness of the demigods and sages themselves were all auspicious signs for the ceremony.

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