Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.7.58
एवं दाक्षायणी हित्वा सती पूर्वकलेवरम् ।
जज्ञे हिमवत: क्षेत्रे मेनायामिति शुश्रुम ॥ ५८ ॥
evaṁ dākṣāyaṇī hitvā
[evam daakshaayanee hitvaa]
satī pūrva-kalevaram
[satee poorva-kalevaram]
jajñe himavataḥ kṣetre
[jajne himavatah kshetre]
menāyām iti śuśruma
[menaayaam iti shushruma]
Word-for-word
evam
—
thus
dākṣāyaṇī
—
the daughter of Dakṣa
hitvā
—
after giving up
satī
—
Satī
pūrva-kalevaram
—
her former body
jajñe
—
was born
himavataḥ
—
of the Himālayas
kṣetre
—
in the wife
menāyām
—
in Menā
iti
—
thus
śuśruma
—
I have heard.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ dākṣāyaṇī hitvā
evam
thus
dākṣāyaṇī
the daughter of Dakṣa
hitvā
after giving up
satī pūrva-kalevaram
satī
Satī
pūrva-kalevaram
her former body
jajñe himavataḥ kṣetre
jajñe
was born
himavataḥ
of the Himālayas
kṣetre
in the wife
menāyām iti śuśruma
menāyām
in Menā
iti
thus
śuśruma
I have heard.
Maitreya said: I have heard that after giving up the body she had received from Dakṣa, Dākṣāyaṇī (his daughter) took her birth in the kingdom of the Himālayas. She was born as the daughter of Menā. I heard this from authoritative sources.
Purport
Menā is also known as Menakā and is the wife of the king of the Himālayas.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O Vidura! I have heard that the daughter of Dakṣa, Satī, on giving up her body, later as born in the womb of Menakā, wife of Himālaya.
Menāyām means menakāyām.
Personal Guidance
Satī, having given up the body received from Dakṣa, is reborn as the daughter of the Himālayas. Sometimes the soul leaves one set of relationships in order to take birth in a more conducive context; not every loss is loss.
Reflection Questions
- Which 'death' in my life might actually have been a birth into a more suitable context?
- Where am I mourning a body when the spirit it housed is already happily relocated?
My note
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