Text 23] Sati Quits Her Body 135

TRANSLATION

You are an offender at the lotus feet of Lord Siva, and unfortunately |
have a body produced from yours. | am very much ashamed of our bodily
relationship, and I condemn myself because my body is contaminated by a
relationship with a person who is an offender at the lotus feet of the
greatest personality.

PURPORT

Lord Siva is the greatest of all devotees of Lord Visnu. It is stated,
vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh. Sambhu, Lord Siva, is the greatest of all
devotees of Lord Visnu. In the previous verses Sati has described that
Lord Siva is always in a transcendental position because he is situated in
pure vasudeva. Vasudeva is the state from which Krsna, Vasudeva, is born,
so Lord Siva is the greatest devotee of Lord Krsna, and Sati’s behavior is
exemplary because no one should tolerate blasphemy against Lord Visnu
or His devotee. Sati is aggrieved not for her personal association with Lord
Siva but because her body is related with that of Daksa, who is an offender
at Lord Siva’s lotus feet. She feels herself to be condemned because of the

body given by her father, Daksa.

TEXT 23

Tet ats ATTA aT
ZTAPTCTE Al ATMA: |
aaqtsé
SAY Tag VHA 112311

golram tvadiyam bhagavan vrsadhvajo
daksdyanity aha yada sudurmanah

vyapela-narmasmitam asu tada “har
vyulsraksya etat kunaparh tvad-angajam

gotram—family relationship; tvadiyam—y our; bhagavan—the possessor of
all opulences; vrsadhvajah—Lord Siva; daksayani—Dakgayani (the daughter
of Daksa); iti—thus; dha—calls; yada—when; sudurmanah—very morose;
vyapeta—disappear; narma-smitam—my jolliness and smile; afu—immedi-
ately; tadd—then; aham—1; vyutsraksye—I shall give up; etat—this (body);
kunapam—dead body; tvat-angajam— produced from your body.
