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Satī Quits Her Body
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at the lotus feet of great souls. One who has such a concept of life is considered to be in the class of animals like cows and asses.
TEXT 14
यद् द्वयक्षरं नाम गिरेरितं नृणां 
  सकृत्प्रसङ्गादधमाशु हन्ति तत् । 
  पवित्रकीर्तिं तमलङ्घ्यशासनं 
  भवानहो द्वेष्टि शिवं शिवेतरः ॥१४॥
yad dvy-akṣaram nāma gireritam nṛṇām 
  sakṛt prasaṅgād agham āśu hanti tat 
  pavitra-kīrtim tam alaṅghya-śāsanam 
  bhavān aho dveṣṭi śivam śivetaraḥ
yat—which; dvi-akṣaram—consisting of two letters; nāma—named; girā īritam—merely being pronounced by the tongue; nṛṇām—persons; sakṛt—once; prasaṅgāt—from the heart; agham—sinful activities; āśu—immediately; hanti—destroys; tat—that; pavitra-kīrtim—whose fame is pure; tam—him; alaṅghya-śāsanam—whose order is never neglected; bhavān—you; aho—oh; dveṣṭi—envy; śivam—Lord Śiva; śiva-itaraḥ—who are inauspicious.
TRANSLATION
Satī continued:  My dear father, you are committing the greatest offense by envying Lord Śiva, whose very name, consisting of two syllables, śi and va, purifies one of all sinful activities. His order is never neglected. Lord Śiva is always pure, and no one but yourself envies him.
PURPORT
Since Lord Śiva is the greatest soul among the living entities within this material world, his name, Śiva, is very auspicious for persons who identify the body with the soul. If such persons take shelter of Lord Śiva, gradually they will understand that they are not the material body but are spirit soul. Śiva means  maṅgala , or auspicious. Within the body the soul is auspicious.  Aham brahmāsmi : “I am Brahman.” This realization is auspicious. As long as one does not realize his identity as the soul, whatever he does is inauspicious. Śiva means auspicious, and devotees of Lord Śiva gradually come to the platform of spiritual identification, but that is not all. Auspicious life begins from the point of spiritual identification. But there are still more duties—one has to understand his relationship with the