View source for Because a brahmana depends on his disciples, when Sarmistha was heavily rebuked by Devayani she charged Devayani with belonging to a family of crowlike beggars. It is the nature of women to fight verbally at even a slight provocation

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"because a brahmana depends on his disciples, when Sarmistha was heavily rebuked by Devayani she charged Devayani with belonging to a family of crowlike beggars. It is the nature of women to fight verbally at even a slight provocation"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Mayapur}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|04Aug12}}
{{last|04Aug12}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Because]]
[[Category:Intellectual Class - Brahmana]]
[[Category:Depend On]]
[[Category:His]]
[[Category:Disciple]]
[[Category:When]]
[[Category:Sarmistha]]
[[Category:Was]]
[[Category:Heavy]]
[[Category:Rebuke]]
[[Category:By]]
[[Category:Devayani]]
[[Category:Charge]]
[[Category:With]]
[[Category:Belong To]]
[[Category:Family]]
[[Category:Crow]]
[[Category:Likeness]]
[[Category:Beggar]]
[[Category:It Is]]
[[Category:Nature]]
[[Category:Woman]]
[[Category:Fighting]]
[[Category:Verbal]]
[[Category:Even]]
[[Category:Slight]]
[[Category:Provocation]]
</div>
<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
</div>
<div id="SB_Canto_9" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 9"><h3>SB Canto 9</h3>
</div>
<div id="SB91816_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_9" book="SB" index="620" link="SB 9.18.16" link_text="SB 9.18.16">
<div class="heading">Because a brāhmaṇa depends on his disciples, when Śarmiṣṭhā was heavily rebuked by Devayānī she charged Devayānī with belonging to a family of crowlike beggars. It is the nature of women to fight verbally at even a slight provocation. As we see from this incident, this has been their nature for a long, long time.
</div>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 9.18.16|SB 9.18.16, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">You beggar, since you don't understand your position, why should you unnecessarily talk so much? Don't all of you wait at our house, depending on us for your livelihood like crows?</p>
</div>
<div class="purport text"><p>Crows have no independent life; they fully depend on the remnants of foodstuffs thrown by householders into the garbage tank. Therefore, because a brāhmaṇa depends on his disciples, when Śarmiṣṭhā was heavily rebuked by Devayānī she charged Devayānī with belonging to a family of crowlike beggars. It is the nature of women to fight verbally at even a slight provocation. As we see from this incident, this has been their nature for a long, long time.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>