SB 4.3.25 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.3.25

यदि व्रजिष्यस्यतिहाय मद्वचो भद्रं भवत्या न ततो भविष्यति । सम्भावितस्य स्वजनात्पराभवो यदा स सद्यो मरणाय कल्पते ॥ २५ ॥

yadi vrajiṣyasy atihāya mad-vaco

[yadi vrajishyasy atihaaya mad-vacho]

bhadraṁ bhavatyā na tato bhaviṣyati

[bhadram bhavatyaa na tato bhavishyati]

sambhāvitasya sva-janāt parābhavo

[sambhaavitasya sva-janaat paraabhavo]

yadā sa sadyo maraṇāya kalpate

[yadaa sa sadyo maranaaya kalpate]

Word-for-word

yadi — if vrajiṣyasi — you will go atihāya — neglecting mat-vacaḥ — my words bhadram — good bhavatyāḥ — your na — not tataḥ — then bhaviṣyati — will become sambhāvitasya — most respectable sva-janāt — by your own relative parābhavaḥ — are insulted yadā — when saḥ — that insult sadyaḥ — immediately maraṇāya — to death kalpate — is equal.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

yadi vrajiṣyasy atihāya mad-vaco

yadi

vrajiṣyasi

you will go

atihāya

neglecting

mat-vacaḥ

my words

bhadraṁ bhavatyā na tato bhaviṣyati

bhadram

good

bhavatyāḥ

your

not

tataḥ

then

bhaviṣyati

will become

sambhāvitasya sva-janāt parābhavo

sambhāvitasya

most respectable

sva-janāt

by your own relative

parābhavaḥ

are insulted

yadā sa sadyo maraṇāya kalpate

yadā

when

saḥ

that insult

sadyaḥ

immediately

maraṇāya

to death

kalpate

is equal.

If in spite of this instruction you decide to go, neglecting my words, the future will not be good for you. You are most respectable, and when you are insulted by your relative, this insult will immediately be equal to death.

Purport

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Third Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

If you ignore my words and go, you will not have good fortune. When a person most worthy of respect is humiliated by a relative, that humiliation will immediately result in death. He explains the bad result if she disobeys. Apahāya means transgressing. When the humiliation of a respectable person takes place, that humiliation will produce the offender’s death. Thus ends the commentary on the Third Chapter of the Fourth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Four Satī Gives up Her Body 4.4: Satī Quits Her Body 4. Satī Quits Her Body

Personal Guidance

Śiva warns that if Satī goes despite his counsel, an insult from her own relative will 'immediately equal death' — sometimes a loved one's prediction is the truest oracle we'll receive. Heed warnings born of love.

Reflection Questions

What warning from someone who loves me am I currently planning to override?
What would it cost me to trust their oracle this once?

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