Text 14] Sati Quits Her Body 123

at the lotus feet of great souls. One who has such a concept of life is con-
sidered to be in the class of animals like cows and asses.

TEXT 14

aq gaat aa fireitd sort

THIRTY eed Ad |
Gaara  qTMaerTad
warel ae Are aa evil

yad dvy-aksaram nama gireritam nrnam
sakrt prasangad agham dsu hanti tat

pavitra-kirtim tam alanghya-sdsanam
bhavan aho dvesti sivam sivetarah

yat—which; dvi-aksaram—consisting of two letters; nadma—named; gira
iritam—merely being pronounced by the tongue; nrnam—persons; sakrt—
once; prasangat—from the heart; agham—sinful activities; aiu—immediately;
hanti—destroys; tat—that; pavitra-kirtim—whose fame is pure; tam—him;
alangh ya-sasanam—whose order is never neglected; bhavan—you; aho—oh;
dvesti—envy; sivam—Lord Siva; siva-itarah—who are inauspicious.

TRANSLATION

Sati continued: My dear father, you are committing the greatest offense
by envying Lord Siva, whose very name, consisting of two syllables, si and
va, purifies one of all sinful activities. His order is never neglected. Lord
Siva is always pure, and no one but yourself envies him.

PURPORT

Since Lord Siva is the greatest soul among the living entities within this
material world, his name, Siva, is very auspicious for persons who identify
the body with the soul. If such persons take shelter of Lord Siva, gradually
they will understand that they are not the material body but are spirit
soul. Siva means mangala, or auspicious. Within the body the soul is
auspicious. Ahar brahmasmi: “I am Brahman.” This realization is auspi-
cious. As long as one does not realize his identity as the soul, whatever he
does is inauspicious. Siva means auspicious, and devotees of Lord Siva
gradually come to the platform of spiritual identification, but that is not
all. Auspicious life begins from the point of spiritual identification. But
there are still more duties—one has to understand his relationship with the
