The wife of Lord Śiva and the daughter of Dakṣa, who burned herself alive when her father insulted her husband; when a widow burns herself in her husband’s cremation/funeral fire.
Satī
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BG Ch 03 – Karma Yoga (Text 24)
TEXT 24 उत्सीदेयुर् इमे लोकान कुर्यां कर्म चेद् अहम् ।सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्याम्उपहन्याम् इमाः प्रजाः ॥ २४ ॥ utsīdeyur ime lokāna kuryāṁ karma ced ahamsaṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ SYNONYMS utsīdeyuḥ—would be put into ruin; ime—all…
