āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻš āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĨāĻŋāĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻš āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§āĻ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻš āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻā§, āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻš āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻž, āĻŦāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻāĻļāĨ¤ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
"āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ° āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ā§ āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ˛āĨ¤" (āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖ, āĻļāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž, ā§¨ā§Ē:ā§Šā§§)
"Indra who was well prepared, cut off the peak-like head of Vrtra with the thunderbolt forcefully." (Siva Purana, Satarudra Samhita, 24:31; tr. J.L Shastri)
"āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§ (i.e āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§) āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤" (āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖ, āĻļāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž, ā§¨ā§Ē:ā§Šā§)
"The chaste lady (i.e wife of Vrtra), on realising that all this was the action of the gods, became angry. The infuriated wife of the excellent sage, Suvarca, cursed them." (Siva Purana, Satarudra Samhita, 24:37; tr. J.L Shastri)
"āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋā§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤" (āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖ, āĻļāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž, ā§¨ā§Ē:ā§Šā§)
"The chaste lady desired to go to the worlds of her husband. With the sacred twigs, the noble lady prepared the funeral pyre." (Siva Purana, Satarudra Samhita, 24:40; tr. J.L Shastri)
"(āĻļāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ°) āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻā§ā§ āĻāĻŖā§āĻ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ āĻ˛:- āĻšā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§, āĻāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻļāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋā§āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻˇāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻšā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§, (āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻšā§ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§) āĻāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻ¯ā§, āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŦāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻĻāĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋā§ āĻ¨ā§āĨ¤" (āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖ, āĻļāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž, ā§¨ā§Ē:ā§Ēā§¨-ā§Ēā§Š)
"The Celestial Voice (of Siva) said:- O intelligent lady, do not carry out this calamitous task. Listen to my weighty words. The semen of the sage is in your womb. Develop it carefully. O gentle lady, later on, you may do as you please. It is the command of Brahma that a pregnant woman should not burn herself." (Siva Purana, Satarudra Samhita, 24:42-43; tr. J.L Shastri)
āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻš āĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
"āĻĒā§ā§āĻŋāĻ¤, āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻšāĻžā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋā§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšā§āĻŽāĻŖ āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¸ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, "āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻšāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻ¸, āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻŽā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻŦāĻŋ"āĨ¤" (āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖ, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž, ā§§ā§Ļ:ā§¨ā§¨-ā§¨ā§Ē)
"The distressed, grief-stricker, chaste lady lamented much. She gathered the bones of her husband and lightened a funeral pyre. The Brahmin lady desirous of entering the pyre in order to follow her husband cursed the Raksasa king. The chaste lady entered fire after proclaiming "From now onwards if you become united with any woman in sexual embrace you will die." (Siva Purana, Kotirudra Samhita, 10:22-24; tr. J.L Shastri)
āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻž āĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻ ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ
"āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻšāĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§āĻ āĻŽā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§ā§, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§, āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§... āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻĻā§āĻšā§āĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§.."
(āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻ¤, ā§¯:ā§¯:ā§Šā§¨ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽ)
"In the Vedic culture there is a system known as satÄĢ or saha-maraáša, in which a woman dies with her husband. According to this system, if the husband dies, the wife will voluntarily die by falling in the blazing funeral pyre of her husband.... A woman without a husband is like a dead body. Therefore according to Vedic culture a girl must be married..."
(Purport on Srimad Bhagavatam, 9:9:32 by A.C Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupada) source - https://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_9.9.32
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"In the 16th century, **Humayun was the first to try a royal agreement against the practice. Akbar was next to issue official orders prohibiting Sati and since then it was done voluntarily by women.** He also issued orders that no woman could commit Sati without a specific permission from his chief police officers"
source: India Today Newspaper
Link: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/sati-pratha-facts-275586-2015-12-04
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