142 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 4
Simply by chanting the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
simply by remembering the lotus feet of Krsna, simply by offering prayers
to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is immediately freed from
material contamination, the material bodily concept, by the blazing fire
of ecstasy. This effect takes place immediately, without a second’s delay.
According to Sri Jiva Gosvami, that Sati quit her body means that she
gave up within her heart her relationship with Daksa. Sri Viévanatha
Cakravarti Thakur also comments that since Sati is the superintendent
deity of the external potency, when she quit her body she did not get a
spiritual body but simply transferred from the body she had received from
Daksa. Other commentators also say that she immediately transferred
herself into the womb of Menaka, her future mother. She gave up the
body she had received from Daksa and immediately transferred herself to
another, better body, but this does not mean that she got a spiritual body.
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Hea FA aM Tafa RCI
tat pasyatam khe bhuvi cadbhutam mahad
ha heti vadah su-mahan ajayata
hanta priya daivatamasya devi
Jahav asiin kena sati prakopita
tat—that; pasyatam—of those who had seen; khe—in the sky; bhuvi—on
the earth; ca—and; adbhutam—wonderful; mahat--great; ha ha—oh, oh; iti
—thus; vadah—roar; su-mahan—tumultuous; ajayata— occurred; hanta—alas;
priya—the beloved; daivatamasya—of the most respectable demigod (Lord
Siva); devi—Sati; jahau—quit; asiin—her life; kena—by Daksa; sati—Sati;
prakopita—angered.
TRANSLATION
When Sati annihilated her body in anger, there was a tumultuous roar
all over the universe. Why had Sati, the wife of the most respectable
demigod, Lord Siva, quit her body in such a manner?
