Text 29]
Satī Quits Her Body
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PURPORT
There was a tumultuous roaring all over the universe in the societies of the demigods of different planets because Satī was the daughter of Dakṣa, the greatest of all kings, and the wife of Lord Śiva, the greatest of all demigods. Why did she become so angry that she gave up her body? Since she was the daughter of a great personality and wife of a great personality, she had nothing to desire, but still she gave up her body in dissatisfaction. Certainly this was astonishing. One cannot attain complete satisfaction even if one is situated in the greatest material opulence. There was nothing Satī could not achieve either from her relationship with her father or from her relationship with the greatest of the demigods, but still, for some reason, she was dissatisfied. Therefore,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  explains that one has to achieve real satisfaction, but ( yayātmā samprasīdati )  ātmā —the body, mind and soul—all become completely satisfied only if one develops devotional service to the Absolute Truth.  Sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje.   Adhokṣaja  means the Absolute Truth. If one can develop his unflinching love for the transcendental Supreme Personality of Godhead, that can give complete satisfaction, otherwise there is no possibility of satisfaction in the material world or anywhere else.
TEXT 29
अहो अनात्म्यं महदस्य पश्यत 
  प्रजापतेर्यस्य चराचरं प्रजाः । 
  जहावस्तु यद्विमताऽऽत्मजा सती 
  मनस्विनी मानमभीष्णमर्हति ॥२९॥
aho anātmyaṁ mahad asya paśyata 
  prajāpater yasya carācaraṁ prajāḥ 
  jahāv asūn yad-vimatātma-jā satī 
  manasvinī mānam abhīkṣṇam arhati
aho—oh; anātmyaṁ—neglect; mahat—great; asya—of Dakṣa; paśyata—just see; prajāpateḥ—of the prajāpati; yasya—of whom; cara-acaram—all living entities; prajāḥ—offspring; jahau—gave up; asūn—her body; yat—by whom; vimatā—disrespected; ātma-jā—his own daughter; satī—Satī; manasvinī—voluntarily; mānam—respect; abhīkṣṇam—repeatedly; arhati—deserved.