Text 23]
Satī Quits Her Body
135
TRANSLATION
You are an offender at the lotus feet of Lord Śiva, and unfortunately I have a body produced from yours. I am very much ashamed of our bodily relationship, and I condemn myself because my body is contaminated by a relationship with a person who is an offender at the lotus feet of the greatest personality.
PURPORT
Lord Śiva is the greatest of all devotees of Lord Viṣṇu. It is stated,  vaiṣṇavānāṁ yathā śambhuḥ . Śambhu, Lord Śiva, is the greatest of all devotees of Lord Viṣṇu. In the previous verses Satī has described that Lord Śiva is always in a transcendental position because he is situated in pure  vasudeva .  Vasudeva  is the state from which Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva, is born, so Lord Śiva is the greatest devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and Satī's behavior is exemplary because no one should tolerate blasphemy against Lord Viṣṇu or His devotee. Satī is aggrieved not for her personal association with Lord Śiva but because her body is related with that of Dakṣa, who is an offender at Lord Śiva's lotus feet. She feels herself to be condemned because of the body given by her father, Dakṣa.
TEXT 23
गोत्रं त्वदीयं भगवान् वृषभ्जो
दाक्षायणीत्याह यदा सुदुर्मनाः ।
चपेतनर्मसितमाशु तदाऽहं
व्युत्स्रक्ष्य एतत्कुणपं त्वदङ्गजम् ॥२३॥
gotram-tvadīyam bhagavān vṛṣadhvajo dākṣāyaṇīly āha yadā sudurmanāḥ vyapeta-narmasmitam āśu tadā 'ham vyutsrakṣya etat kuṇapam tvad-aigajam
gotram-family relationship; tvadīyam-your; bhagavān-the possessor of all opulences; vṛṣadhvajaḥ-Lord Śiva; dākṣāyaṇī-Dākṣāyanī (the daughter of Dakṣa); iti-thus; āha-calls; yadā-when; sudurmanāḥ-very morose; vyapeta-disappear; narma-smitam-my jolliness and smile; āśu-immediately; tadā-then; aham-I; vyutsrakṣye-I shall give up; etat-this (body); kuṇapam-dead body; tvat-aigajam-produced from your body.