When a man is aggrieved, he feels exactly like a burnt leaf in a forest fire. Sunīti's position was like that. Although her face was as beautiful as a lotus flower, it dried up because of the burning fire caused by the harsh words of her co-wife.
As she remembered the words of her co-wife, her bright, lotuslike face filled with tears, and thus she spoke
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"As she remembered the words of her co-wife, her bright, lotuslike face filled with tears, and thus she spoke"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 4
As she remembered the words of her co-wife, her bright, lotuslike face filled with tears, and thus she spoke.
This incident was unbearable to Sunīti's patience. She began to burn as if in a forest fire, and in her grief she became just like a burnt leaf and so lamented. As she remembered the words of her co-wife, her bright, lotuslike face filled with tears, and thus she spoke.