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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.1.65
bhavasya patnī tu satī
bhavaḿ devam anuvratā
ātmanaḥ sadṛśaḿ putraḿ
na lebhe guṇa-śīlataḥ
SYNONYMS
bhavasya — of Bhava (Lord Śiva); patnī — the wife; tu — but; satī — named Sati; bhavam — to Bhava; devam — a demigod; anuvratā — faithfully engaged in service; ātmanaḥ — of herself; sadṛśam — similar; putram — a son; na lebhe — did not obtain; guṇa-śīlataḥ — by good qualities and by character.
TRANSLATION
The sixteenth daughter, whose name was Satī, was the wife of Lord Śiva. She could not produce a child, although she always faithfully engaged in the service of her husband.
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