Complex sentence: Ilā wished to remain a woman and serve goddess Parvati (Gauri) and Ganga-the river goddess, but the goddesses dissuade him saying that life as a woman was a curse and full of sorrow.
Split into simpler sentences: Ilā wished to remain a woman and serve goddess Parvati (Gauri) and Ganga, the river goddess. However, the goddesses dissuaded him and told him that life as a woman was a curse and full of sorrow.