SB 4.4 Sati Quits Her Body

1-5: Sati leaves Lord Siva
 1. Describe Sati’s dilemma. WBN on husband-wife relationship based on 4P.
Sati was one hand very desirous of attending the sacrifice at her father's home and meet all her relatives, however, on the other hand, she was afraid of Lord Siva's warning that Daksha may not receive her properly.

Husband Wife Relationship:
Husband and Wife are incomplete without each other.Women may sometimes get attracted to their family members and may neglect their marriage. If a woman is tolerant and intelligent and self-realized there is no possibility of separation in the marriage.

6-10: Sati gets a cold response from Daksa’s camp 

2. Describe the neglect by Daksa and remorse of Sati. Give SP’s instructions on bodily relationships (8P). 

Her father did not acknowledge her presence, nor did he welcome her by asking about her well-being.
Therefore Sati felt very uncomfortable and could not accept the seat and gifts offered to her her mother, sister's and aunts.

Bodily relationships are very weak and transient- they get disturbed as soon as there is a slight provocation or disagreement between those related by the body.

11-23: Sati condemns Daksa 

3. Write the different levels of sädhu and asädhu (BS p. 45). Elaborate based on 12P.

• Levels of Sadhu:
• sadhu: Accepts faults because faults can be transformed into good qualities by different methods
• mahattara: overlooks the faults , sees the good 
• mahattama: takes small good qualities and magnifies them, not seeing the faults
• ati-mahattama: Sees good qualities in others where there are none
• Levels of Asadhu:
• asadhu: Thinks someone's good qualities will turn into faults
• asadhutara: Sees faults only, overlooking the good qualities
• asadhutama: Takes small faults and magnifies them, seeing no good qualities at all
• ati-asadhutama: Sees only faults in others, even when there are no faults 

 4. How did Sati glorify Lord Siva in front of Daksa? WBN on “Power of the dust of a Vaiñëava” based on 13P. 
 His name purifies one of all sinful activities
His order is never neglected
His fame is always pure
His Lotus Feet are sought after by materialists and transcendentalists
He is the friend of the universe
Great personalities like rahma carry the flowers offered to Lord Siva's Lotus Feet on their head

Power of Dust of a Vaishnava:
The dust of the lotus feet of a vaishnava offers all blessings to a vaishnava who serves the great vaishnavas however for one who offends a vaishnava the same dust can cause the offender to repeatedly fall down.

5. “It is better to execute one’s own occupational duty than to criticize others.” Elaborate based on 19P.
Elevated transcendentalists are not obliged to follow the rules and regulations for the general masses, therefore one must follow their own duties properly and not criticize others.

6. How to respond to the blasphemy of Vaiñëavas? Quote 4.4.17 karëau pidhäya…
One should block their ears and leave the place if they cannot punish the blasphemer. ( Brahmana)
If one can kill, then they should cut the tongue of the blasphemer and kill him( Ksatriya)
 and after that give up their own life( Vaisyas and Sudras)

24-27: Sati gives up her body 

7. What is the ultimate aim of yoga? (25P)
Liberation of the soul  from material encagement and attain to the Lotus Feet of Krishna

8. How did mother Sati give up her body? Give comments by SP about (i) Good association (26P), Perfection of yoga samädhi, the effect of chanting (27P).
She sat facing north in saffron clothes,did acamana and then practiced mystic yoga. She raised her life air to the middle of her eyebrows.

She meditated on the fiery air within her body and , meditating on the Lotus feet of her husband she became cleansed of all material contamination and quit her body in the blazing fire.

Good Association
One should not associate with persons who are atheists, materialists and do not respect higher authorities, If one wants to be liberated one must associate with great souls.

Perfection of yoga samadhi, the effect of chanting
Is to meditate on the Lotus Feet of  Lord Krishna and achieve the highest eternal bliss. By chanting one is freed from the material contamination and one remains in blissful meditation about the Lord.


28-34: Great cry arises from the sky; The fight 

9. Describe the hardheartedness of Daksa and elaborate based on the purport

Daksha a prajapati was supposed to look after the maintainence of all living entitites but he overlooked the well being of his own daughter and allowed her to die.
Because he is hatrd hearted he was considered unworthy to be a brahamana.

SB 4.2 Daksha curses Lord Siva

1-3: How could Daksa hate Siva?

 1. What are the qualities of Lord Siva? Give Sanskrit words.

1. caraacara guru — spiritual master of the whole world (both animate and inanimate);
2.  nirvairam — without enmity
3.  santa-vigraham — having a peaceful personality
4. atma aramam — satisfied in himself;

 4-19: Daksa insults and curses Lord Çiva

2. How did Daksa insult and curse Lord Siva? How are his blasphemous words an indirect praise to Lord Siva? (BS p. 36)

Verse	Sanskrit	Blasphemy	Indirect praise of Lord Siva
10	nirapatrapah	Shameless	Maintains the shelterless
	stabdha	Proud	-
	yaso-gana	Destroyed the fame of loka-palas, polluted the path of gentle manners	By his own fame, Lord Siva derides the fame of others
11	sadhuvat	Pretending to be an honest person, he accepted my daughter's hand and thus accepted himself as subordinate	Lord Siva understands my bad behavior and so he did not stand up to welcome me. He also understood the qualities in my daughter , equal to Savitri
12	markata-locana	This monkey-eyed person has married my fawn eyed daughter , but now he has failed to respect me even with sweet words	Siva mercifully grants the desires of monkey-like materialists, unfortunately I have not properly respected him
13	lupta-kriyaya	Does not perform rituals	He doesn't neeed to perform rituals
	asucaye	Impure	No one is cleaner than him
	manine	proud	He is not proud(amanine)
	bhinna-setave	Violates code of conduct	He does not break rules(abhinna setave)
	sudrayeva	Though not desiring I gave my daughter to this unqualified man(like teaching vedas to a sudra)	I being unqualified, did not want to give my daughter, but I gave her(like a sudra who teaches vedas)
14-15	unmatta-vat	Like a madman, sometimes laughs sometimes cries	He is mad with prema for the Lord
	citta-bhasma krta-snanah	Smears crematorium ashes, ornaments with garlands of skulls and bones	This is his pastime. According to other puranas, smearing ashes on the body is an activity of exalted vaishnavas
	asivah, mattah, siva-apadesah	The most mad and inauspicious creature, Siva in name only	By him eveen a worst place ( apadesa) becomes auspicious. No one is more auspicious than him ( asivah)
	matta - jana, priyah patih	Dear to crazy beings who are in tama guna also their leader	He mercifully accepts even the most ignorant and gradually raises them to spiritual consciousness
16	nasta-sauca	Unclean	He purifies even the impure
	unmada-natha	Lord of the ghosts	He is merciful even to the mad
	duhrde	Has impure heart	His mind is merciful even to the sinful

3. WBN on Anger and its effects (19-20P).
Because of anger Daksa forgot his position and he acted in an unpardonable way towards Lord Siva.
Lord Siva's followers affected by Daksa's anger and cursing towards Lord Siva also got angry and then the unending entanglement of cursing and counter-cursing started and thus many offenses were committed against great personalities by great personalities.

Thus when one forgets his constitutional position and gets covered by illusion there is a great potential one gets angry when their lust is not satisfied. It results in vaishnava apradha which is a major setback to our spiritual lives.

On the other hand Lord Siva did not get affected by Daksa's cursing and remained peaceful.

20-35: Cursing and counter-cursing continues
 4. Summarize Nandi’s curses to Dakña and his followers.Quote 4.2.22 grhesu kuta…

• Nandi was angered by the cursing of his master Lord Siva by Daksha. So he countercursed as follows:
• He said anyone who supports Daksha and neglects Lord Siva is unintelligent. Because of duality they will be bereft of transcendental knowledge
• He said those people are leading a pretentious householder life and are thus attracted to karma kanda rituals prescribed in the vedas
• He cursed Daksa to have a goat head since he had forgotten his spiritual identity as part and parcel of Krishna and was attached to sex life.
• He cursed Daksa and his followers to remain in repeated birth and death with attachment to fruitive activities
• Cursed them to lose discrimination and perform austerities etc only for maintaining he body and eat without discrimination and not have a spiritual goal.

5. Summarize Bhrgu’s curses to Lord Siva’s followers.

• He cursed the folowers of Lord Siva to 
• become atheists
• be attracted to Mayavada philosophy
• addicted to wine, women and flesh
• take shelter of rules that help in cheating religion

 6. WBN on:
 (i) Brähmaëas in Kali-yuga (26P)

• They will not be interested in understanding the SPG
• Do not follow occupational duties of Brahmanas but do not allow others also to occupy those posts
• Do not discriminate between what is to be eaten and not eaten and live only to maintain their bodies

 (ii) Siva’s tolerance (33P).
Lord Siva did not get affected by the cursing and countercursing.
He was sad to see the fight between them and their lack of interest in spiritual life.
He did not see anyone as lower or higher and thus he left to stop the cursing between Nandi and Bhrgu.