Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu. Text 65

भवस्य पत्नी तु सती भवं देवमनुव्रता ।
आत्मनः सदृशं पुत्रं न लेभे गुणशीलतः ॥६५॥

bhavasya patnī tu satī
bhavaá¹ devam anuvratÄ
Ätmanaḥ sadṛśaá¹ putraá¹
na lebhe guṇa-śīlataḥ

 bhavasya - of Bhava (Lord Åšiva); patnÄ« - the wife; tu - but; satÄ« - named Sati; bhavam - to Bhava; devam - a demigod; anuvratÄ - faithfully engaged in service; Ätmanaḥ - of herself; sadṛśam - similar; putram - a son; na lebhe - did not obtain; guṇa-śīlataḥ - by good qualities and by character.


Text

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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