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
Ted aah ATA TTETS
STARME AAT ATMA: |
Sars = aaIsé
SIRT TAH VARA 11231
golram tvadiyam bhagavan vrsadhvajo
daksdyanity dha yada sudurmanah
vyapela-narmasmitam asu tada ‘ham
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.
