Text 20] Sati Quits Her Body 131
Lord Siva is mistaken. A common man must observe all the rules and
regulations of the Vedas which a person who is in the transcendental
position does not need to observe. Daksa found fault with Lord Siva for
not observing all the strict rules and regulations of the Vedas, but Sati
asserted that he had no need to observe such rules. It is said that
for one who is powerful like the sun or the fire, there is no considera-
tion of purity or impurity. The sunshine can sterilize an impure place,
whereas if someone else were to pass such a place he would be affected.
One should not try to imitate Lord Siva; rather, one should strictly
follow his prescribed occupational duties. One should never vilify
a great personality like Lord Siva.
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karma praurttam ca nivrttam apy rtan
vede vivicyobhaya-lingam dsritam
virodhi tad yaugapadaikakartari
dvayam tatha brahmani karma narcchati
karma—activitics; praurttam—attached to material enjoyment; ca—and;
nivrttam— materially detached; api—certainly; rtam—true; vede—in the
Vedas; vivicya—distinguished; ubhaya-lingam—symptoms of both; asritam
—directed; virodhi—contradictory; tat— that; yauga-pada-ekakartari— both
activilies in one person; dvayam—two; tatha—-so; brahmani—in one who is
transcendentally situated; karma—activities; na rcchati—are neglected.
TRANSLATION
In the Vedas there are directions for two kinds of activities—activities

for those who are attached to material enjoyment and activities for those
who are materially detached. In consideration of these two kinds of
activities, there are two kinds of people, who have different symptoms.
If one wants to see two kinds of activities in one person, that is contradic-
tory. But both kinds of activities may be neglected by a person who is
transcendentally situated.
