50 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 2
an enemy of Lord Siva’s, for he is so peaceful and renounced that he does
not even construct a house for his residence, but lives underneath a tree,
always detached from all worldly things. The personality of Lord Siva
symbolizes the best of gentleness. Why, then, was Daksa, who offered his
beloved daughter to such a gentle personality, so intensely inimical towards
Lord Siva that Sati, the daughter of Daksa and wife of Lord Siva, gave up
her body?
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we we fat arafiaeq |
SANT wi Be TA Sad RET UI
kas tarn caracara-gurum
nirvairam santa-vigraham
atmaramam katham dvesti
jagato daivatam mahat

kah—who (Daksa); tam—him (Lord Siva); cara-acara— of the whole world
(both animate and inanimate); gurum—the spiritual master; nirvairam—
without enmity; santa-vigraham—having a peaceful personality; atma-
rdmam-—satisfied in himself; katham—how; dvesti—hates; jagatah—of the
universe; daivatam—demigod; mahat—the great.

TRANSLATION

Lord Siva, the spiritual master of the entire world, is free from enmity,
is a peaceful personality, and is always satisfied in himself. He is the great-
est among the demigods. How is it possible that Daksa could be inimical
towards such an auspicious personality?

PURPORT

Lord Siva is described here as caracara-guru, the spiritual master of all
animate and inanimate objects. He is sometimes known as Bhitanatha,
which means the worshipable deity of the dull-headed. Bhita is also
sometimes taken to indicate the ghosts. Lord Siva takes charge of re-
forming persons who are ghosts and demons, not to speak of others, who
are godly; therefore he is the spiritual master of everyone, both the dull and
demoniac and the highly learned Vaisnavas. It is also stated, vaigsnavanam
yatha sambhuh. Sambhu, Lord Siva, is the greatest of all Vaisnavas. On
one hand he is the worshipable object of the dull demons, and on the
