Text 29] Sati Quits Her Body 143

PURPORT

There was a tumultuous roaring all over the universe in the societies of
the demigods of different planets because Sati was the daughter of Daksa,
the greatest of all kings, and the wife of Lord Siva, the greatest of all
demigods. Why did she become so angry that she gave up her body?
Since she was the daughter of a great personality and wife of a great
personality, she had nothing to desire, but still she gave up her body in
dissatisfaction. Certainly this was astonishing. One cannot attain complete
satisfaction even if one is situated in the greatest material opulence. There
was nothing Sati could not achieve either from her relationship with her
father or from her relationship with the greatest of the demigods, but still,
for some reason, she was dissatisfied. Therefore, Srimad-Bhagavatam
explains that one has to achieve real satisfaction, but (yayatma
samprasidati) atma—the body, mind and soul—all become completely satis-
fied only if one develops devotional service to the Absolute Truth. Sa vai
purnsarh paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhoksaje. Adhoksaja means the
Absolute Truth. If one can develop his unflinching love for the transcen-
dental Supreme Personality of Godhead, that can give complete satisfac-
tion, otherwise there is no possibility of satisfaction in the material world
or anywhere else.

TEXT 29

Ta AA ATA TH
TATA AWA Ta: |

Hea AeAsseat at
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aho anadtmyam mahad asya pasyata
prajapater yasya caracaram prajah

jahav asiin yad-vimatatma-ja sati
manasvini manam abhiksnam arhati

aho—oh; andtmyam—neglect; mahat—great; asya—of Daksa; pasyata—
just see; prajapateh—of the prajapati; yasya—of whom; cara-acaram—all liv-
ing entities; prajah—offspring; jahau—gave up; asiin—her body; yat—by
whom; vimatd—disrespected; dtma-ja—his own daughter; sati—Sati;
manasvini—voluntarily; manam=—respect; abhiksnam—repeatedly; arhati—
deserved.
