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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 4]
in order to save her husband from the charge that he employed his wife Satī to kill Dakṣa because he could not do so due to his inferior position, she decided to give up her body.
TEXT 19
न वेदवादाननुवर्तते मतिः 
  स्व एव लोके रमतो महामुनेः । 
  यथा गतिर्देवमनुष्ययोः पृथक् 
  स्व एव भर्मे न परं क्षिपेत्स्थितः ॥ १९ ॥
na veda-vādān anuvartate matiḥ 
  sva eva loke ramato mahāmuneḥ 
  yathā gatir deva-manuṣyayoḥ pṛthak 
  sva eva dharme na paraṁ kṣipet sthitaḥ
na—not; veda-vādān—rules and regulations of the Vedas; anuvartate—follow; matiḥ—the mind; sve—in his own; eva—certainly; loke—in the self; ramataḥ—enjoying; mahāmuneḥ—of elevated transcendentalists; yathā—as; gatiḥ—the way; deva-manuṣyayoḥ—of the men and the demigods; pṛthak—separately; sve—in your own; eva—alone; dharme—occupational duty; na—not; paraṁ—another; kṣipet—should criticize; sthitaḥ—being situated.
TRANSLATION
It is better to execute one's own occupational duty than to criticize others. Those who are elevated transcendentalists sometimes may not observe the rules and regulations of the Vedas, since they do not need to follow them, just as the demigods travel in space whereas ordinary men travel on the surface of the earth.
PURPORT
The behavior of the most elevated transcendentalist and that of the most fallen conditioned soul appear to be the same. The elevated transcendentalist can surpass all the regulations of the  Vedas , just as the demigods traveling in space surpass all the jungles and rocks on the surface of the globe, although a common man who has no such ability to travel in space has to face all those impediments. The most dear Lord Śiva, although he appeared not to observe all the rules and regulations of the  Vedas , is not affected by such disobedience, but a common man who wants to imitate