Brahma Vaivarta Purana
The Sage Is Rescued
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
11.-12.Aurva quickly regained consciousness. His lotus eyes red with grief and filled with tears, and his body and lips trembling with fear and anger, he spoke to his frightened and grieving son- in-law, whose head was bowed. 13.Çri Aurva said: O brähmaëa, O grandson of Brahmä, O son of Atri, why did you give such a great punishment for such a small fault? 14.You are a partial incarnation of Lord Çiva. You are the disciple of Lord Çiva, who is the guru of the universe. You are learned in the Vedas and Vedäìgas. You know everything. You have all virtues. 15.Your mother is Anasüyä, who is a partial incarnation of Goddess Lakñmi. What sin must you have committed to have such strange thoughts enter your mind? I do not know. 16.Your father is virtuous. Your mother is chaste and virtuous. Still they had a son bereft of mercy. The Vedas say that the workings of karma are very subtle and difficult to understand. 17.I happily gave my daughter to you, a daughter filled with virtues, a daughter with only one small fault, a daughter more dear to me than life itself. 18.A wife that speaks harshly may be divorced. That is the punishment described in the Vedas. If you had divorced her, her father would have carefully protected her. 19.Because you reduced my child to ashes for a small fault on her part, you will suffer a great defeat. Of this there is no doubt. 20.The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is an ocean of mercy is the creator, protector, and punisher of all living entities, great and small.
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