Shloka 9
प्रसूतिमिश्रा: स्त्रिय उद्विग्नचित्ता ऊचुर्विपाको वृजिनस्यैव तस्य । यत्पश्यन्तीनां दुहितृणां प्रजेश: सुतां सतीमवदध्यावनागाम् ॥ ९ ॥
prasūti-miśrāḥ striya udvigna-cittā ūcur vipāko vṛjinasyaiva tasya yat paśyantīnāṁ duhitṝṇāṁ prajeśaḥ sutāṁ satīm avadadhyāv anāgām
Prasūti, Dakṣa’s wife, and the other women, their hearts shaken with anxiety, said: “This peril is indeed the ripened fruit of Dakṣa’s sin, for the blameless Satī, before her sisters’ very eyes, abandoned her body and went to the heavenly realm.”
Prasūti, being a softhearted woman, could immediately understand that the imminent danger approaching was due to the impious activity of hardhearted Prajāpati Dakṣa. He was so cruel that he would not save her youngest daughter, Satī, from the act of committing suicide in the presence of her sisters. Satī’s mother could understand how much Satī had been pained by the insult of her father. Satī had been present along with the other daughters, and Dakṣa had purposely received all of them but her because she happened to be the wife of Lord Śiva. This consideration convinced the wife of Dakṣa of the danger which was now ahead, and thus she knew that Dakṣa must be prepared to die for his heinous act.
FAQs
This verse calls Dakṣa’s harsh rejection of his innocent daughter Satī the “vipāka” (ripened reaction) of his wrongdoing—teaching that harmful actions and attitudes bear visible consequences.
Within the narrative, Dakṣa’s pride and hostility toward Lord Śiva drive him to treat Satī—Śiva’s wife—as if she were no longer his daughter, and the women lament this as the fruit of his sin.
It warns against letting ego and resentment destroy relationships; especially, it cautions that disrespecting the innocent and harboring malice can lead to painful, public consequences.