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[Canto 4, Ch. 5]
able to mitigate the misunderstanding between Dakṣa and himself. But such a compromise was not attained, and Satī was deliberately insulted by her father by not being received properly when she visited his house without being invited. Satī herself could have killed her father, Dakṣa, because she is the personified material energy and has immense power to kill and create within this material universe. In the  Brahma-saṁhitā  her strength is described: she is capable of creating and dissolving many universes. But although she is so powerful, she acts under the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, as His shadow. It would not have been very difficult for Satī to punish her father, but she thought that since she was his daughter, it was not proper for her to kill him. Thus she decided to give up her own body, which she had obtained from his, and Dakṣa did not even check her.
When Satī passed away, giving up her body, the news was conveyed by Nārada to Lord Śiva. Nārada always carries the news of such events because he knows their import. When Lord Śiva heard that his chaste wife Satī was dead, he naturally became exceedingly angry. He also understood that Bhṛgu Muni had created the Rbhudeva demigods by uttering the  mantras  of the  Yajur-veda  and that these demigods had driven away all of his soldiers who were present in the arena of the sacrifice. Therefore, he wanted to reply to this insult, and thus he decided to kill Dakṣa because he was the cause of the death of Satī.
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क्रुद्धः सुदष्टौष्ठुपुटः स धूर्जटि- जंटां तडिद्वह्निसटोग्ररोचिषम् ।
उत्कृत्य रुद्रः सहसोत्थितो हसन् गम्भीरनादो विससर्जं तां भुवि ॥ २ ॥
kruddhaḥ sudaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭaḥ sa dhūr-jaṭir jaṭām taḍid-vahni-saṭogra-rociṣam utkṛtya rudraḥ sahasotthito hasan gambhīra-nādo visasarja tām bhuvi
kruddhaḥ—very angry; sudaṣṭa-oṣṭha-puṭaḥ—pressing his lips with his teeth; saḥ—he (Lord Śiva); dhūḥ-jaṭiḥ—having a cluster of hair on his head; jaṭām—one hair; taḍit—of electricity; vahni—of fire; saṭā—a flame; ugra—terrible; rociṣam—blazing; utkṛtya—snatching; rudraḥ—Lord Śiva; sahasā—at once; utthitaḥ—stood up; hasan—laughing; gambhīra—deep; nādaḥ—sound; visasarja—dashed; tām—that (hair); bhuvi—on the ground.