150 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 5
able to mitigate the misunderstanding between Dakga and himself. But
such a compromise was not attained, and Sati was deliberately insulted by
her father by not being received properly when she visited his house
without being invited. Sati herself could have killed her father, Daksa,
because she is the personified material energy and has immense power to
kill and create within this material universe. In the Brahma-samhita her
strength is described: she is capable of creating and dissolving many
universes. But although she is so powerful, she acts under the direction of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, as His shadow. It would not
have been very difficult for Sati to punish her father, but she thought that
since she was his daughter, it was not proper for her to kill him. Thus she
decided to give up her own body, which she had obtained from his, and
Daksa did not even check her.

When Sati passed away, giving up her body, the news was conveyed by
Narada to Lord Siva. Narada always carries the news of such events
because he knows their import. When Lord Siva heard that his chaste wife
Sati was dead, he naturally became exceedingly angry. He also understood
that Bhrgu Muni had created the Rbhudeva demigods by uttering the
mantras of the Yajur-veda and that these demigods had driven away all of
his soldiers who were present in the arena of the sacrifice. Therefore, he
wanted to reply to this insult, and thus he decided to kill Daksa because he
was the cause of the death of Sati.

TEXT 2
Goi away: a se
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wet mira |
TSI Gi Aefeaa aA
Tata was at afi 8
kruddhah sudastausthaputah sa dhur-jatir
jatam tadid-vahni-satogra-rocisam
utkrtya rudrah sahasotthito hasan
gam bhira-nado visasarja tam bhuvi

kruddhat—very angry; sudasfa-ostha-pu{ah—pressing his lips with his
teeth; sah—he (Lord Siva); dhiih-jatih—having a cluster of hair on his head;
jatam—one hair; tadit—of electricity; vahni—of fire; safa—a flame; ugra—
terrible; rocisam—blazing; utkrtya—snatching; rudrah—Lord Siva; sahasa—
at once; utthitah—stood up; hasan—laughing; gambhira—deep; nadah—
sound; visasarja— dashed; tam—that (hair); bhuvi—on the ground.
