SB 4.1.66

TEXT 66

TEXT

पितर्यप्रतिरूपे स्वे भवायानागसे रुषा ।
अप्रौढैवात्मनात्मानम् अजहाद्योगसंयुता ॥ ६६ ॥

pitary apratirūpe sve

bhavayanagase rusa

aprauḍhaivatmanatmanam

ajahad yoga-samyuta

pitari-as a father; apratirūpe-unfavorable; sve-her own; bhavaya-unto Lord Siva; anagase-faultless; rusa-with anger; aprauḍha-before attaining maturity; eva-even; atmana-by herself; atmanam-the body; ajahat-gave up; yoga-samyuta-by mystic yoga.

TRANSLATION

The reason is that Sati's father, Daksa, used to chastise Lord Siva in spite of Siva's faultlessness. Therefore, before attaining a mature age, Sati gave up her body by dint of yogic mystic power.

PURPORT

Lord Siva, being the head of all mystic yogis, never even constructed a home for his residence. Sati was the daughter of a great king, Daksa, and because his youngest daughter, Sati, selected as her husband Lord Siva, King Daksa was not very much satisfied with her. Therefore whenever she met her father, he unnecessarily chastised her husband, although Lord Siva was faultless. Because of this, before attaining a mature age Sati gave up the body given by her father, Daksa, and therefore she could not produce a child.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, First Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu."

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