Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3


Sanskrit:

एतदाख्याहि मे ब्रह्मन्जामातु: श्वशुरस्य च ।विद्वेषस्तु यत: प्राणांस्तत्यजे दुस्त्यजान्सती ॥ ३ ॥

ITRANS:

etad ākhyāhi me brahmanjāmātuḥ śvaśurasya cavidveṣas tu yataḥ prāṇāṁstatyaje dustyajān satī

Translation:

My dear Maitreya, to part with one’s life is very difficult. Would you kindly explain to me how such a son-in-law and father-in-law could quarrel so bitterly that the great goddess Satī could give up her life?

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