SB 4.7.59 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.7.59

तमेव दयितं भूय आवृङ्क्ते पतिमम्बिका । अनन्यभावैकगतिं शक्ति: सुप्तेव पूरुषम् ॥ ५९ ॥

tam eva dayitaṁ bhūya

[tam eva dayitam bhooya]

āvṛṅkte patim ambikā

[aavrinkte patim ambikaa]

ananya-bhāvaika-gatiṁ

[ananya-bhaavaika-gatim]

śaktiḥ supteva pūruṣam

[shaktih supteva poorusham]

Word-for-word

tam — him (Lord Śiva) eva — certainly dayitam — beloved bhūyaḥ — again āvṛṅkte — accepted patim — as her husband ambikā — Ambikā, or Satī ananya-bhāvā — without attachment for others eka-gatim — the one goal śaktiḥ — the feminine (marginal and external) energies suptā — lying dormant iva — as pūruṣam — the masculine (Lord Śiva, as representative of the Supreme Lord).

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tam eva dayitaṁ bhūya

tam

him (Lord Śiva)

eva

certainly

dayitam

beloved

bhūyaḥ

again

āvṛṅkte patim ambikā

āvṛṅkte

accepted

patim

as her husband

ambikā

Ambikā, or Satī

ananya-bhāvaika-gatiṁ

ananya-bhāvā

without attachment for others

eka-gatim

the one goal

śaktiḥ supteva pūruṣam

śaktiḥ

the feminine (marginal and external) energies

suptā

lying dormant

iva

pūruṣam

the masculine (Lord Śiva, as representative of the Supreme Lord).

Ambikā [goddess Durgā], who was known as Dākṣāyiṇī [Satī], again accepted Lord Śiva as her husband, just as different energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead act during the course of a new creation.

Purport

According to a verse of the Vedic mantras, parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate: the Supreme Personality of Godhead has different varieties of energies. Śakti is feminine, and the Lord is puruṣa, masculine. It is the duty of the female to serve under the supreme puruṣa. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, all living entities are marginal energies of the Supreme Lord. Therefore it is the duty of all living entities to serve this Supreme Person. Durgā is the representation in the material world of both the marginal and external energies, and Lord Śiva is the representation of the Supreme Person. The connection of Lord Śiva and Ambikā, or Durgā, is eternal. Satī could not accept any husband but Lord Śiva. How Lord Śiva remarried Durgā as Himavatī, the daughter of the Himālayas, and how Kārttikeya was born, is a great story in itself.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Satī, who had attachment to no one else, again chose Śiva, as her one goal and as her beloved husband. She was like the sleeping energy at the time of universal dissolution, who then takes shelter of the Supreme Lord. Āvṛṅkte means chose. She had love for no one else (ananya-bhāvā). Śiva was her only goal (eka-gatim). At the time of devastation, the sleeping śakti takes shelter of the Supreme Lord who is awake (and then she becomes revived).

Personal Guidance

Reborn, Satī again accepts Śiva as husband, as energies do their work in each new creation. Some bonds are intrinsic — they re-form across endings; honor the few connections that always find each other again.

Reflection Questions

Which of my relationships keeps re-forming despite obstacles, and have I honored its depth?
Where am I expecting to be free of a bond that is meant to keep returning?

📝 My note

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