Table of Contents
CHAPTER THREE
Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī
Tension Between Dakṣa and Lord Śiva  81    The Great Sacrifice Planned by Dakṣa  83    Satī's Desire to Attend the Sacrifice  86    Women Hanker for Material Affection  90    Śiva Remembers the Malicious Speeches of Dakṣa  93    Dakṣa Proud of Material Assets  96    Dakṣa Intolerant of Śiva's High Position  100    Śiva Worships Vāsudeva in Pure Consciousness  103    Śiva's Advice to Satī  106
CHAPTER FOUR
Satī Quits Her Body
Satī's Mind Unsettled  109    Satī Leaves Her Husband  112    Satī Dissatisfied by Dakṣa's Silence  116    Satī Condemns Her Father  118    Śiva's Honor Never Neglected  123    Inauspicious Qualities of Śiva  126    Satī Condemns Her Body  129    Opulences of Self-realized Souls  133    Satī Absorbs Herself in Mystic  Yoga   137    Satī Quits Her Body in Blazing Fire  141    Dakṣa Unworthy to Be a  Brāhmaṇa   144    Bhṛgu Muni Creates the Rbhava Demigods  146
CHAPTER FIVE
Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa
Śiva Becomes Angry  149    The Fearful Black Demon Created  151    Śiva's Soldiers Follow the Fierce Personality  154
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