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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 2]
anicchan —not desiring;  api —although;  adām —handed over;  bālām —my daughter;  śūdrāya —unto a  śūdra ;  iva —as;  uśatīm giram —the message of the  Vedas .
TRANSLATION
I had no desire to give my daughter to this person who has broken all rules of civility. Because of his not observing the required rules and regulations, he is impure, but I was obliged to hand over my daughter to him just as one teaches the messages of the  Vedas  to a  śūdra .
PURPORT
A  śūdra  is forbidden to take lessons from the  Vedas  because a  śūdra , due to his unclean habits, is not worthy to hear such instructions. This restriction, that unless one has acquired the brahminical qualifications one should not read the Vedic literatures, is like the restriction that a law student should not enter a law college unless he has graduated all lower grades. According to the estimation of Dakṣa, Śiva was unclean in habits and not worthy to have the hand of his daughter, Satī, who was so enlightened, beautiful and chaste. The word used in this connection is  bhinna-setave , which means one who has broken all the regulations for good behavior by not following the Vedic principles. In other words, according to Dakṣa the entire transaction of the marriage of his daughter with Śiva was not in order.
TEXTS 14-15
प्रेतावासेषु धोरेषु प्रेतैर्भूतगणैर्वृतः ।
अटत्युन्मत्तवन्नग्नो न्युप्तकेशो हसन् रुदन् ॥१४॥
चिताभसकृतस्नानः प्रेतस्रङ्ग्रस्थिभूषणः ।
शिवापदेशो ह्यशिवो मत्तो मत्तजनप्रियः ।
पतिः प्रमथनाथानां तमोमात्रात्मकात्मनाम् ॥१५॥
pretāvāseṣu ghoreṣu
pretair bhūta-gaṇair vṛtaḥ
aṭaty unmattavan nagno
vyupta-keśo hasan rudan
citā-bhasma-kṛta-snānaḥ
preta-sraṇ-nr-asthi-bhūṣaṇaḥ
śivāpadeśo hy aśivo