O Narada, some of the gaas having bees overpowered with grief, cut off their ow limbs with sharp weapons.

Narada said, 0 Brahma, when Sati, the cloved of lord Siva, became silent, what eppeced thereafler? You please speak out the. ame."

died with Sat, which was a surprising event.

Brahma said, "Sati then remembered her usband respectfully and then kept silent. hen becoming calm, she sat in the northern rection on the ground.

Such of the ganas of Siva, who escape death, they got up to kill Daksa with thei weapons.

Sipping the water appropriately, she clad erscif in the auspicious clothes, closing her yes, she entered the yogic trance.

vana and apana winds. Then she raised up he wind udana from the umbilical region and ablished it in the cardiac region, then taking t through the throat, finally she fixed it in the tre of the eyebrows.

"The foolishness of Daksa is quit surprising, who happens to be the son o Brehm, having the mobile and immobil living beings as his subjects.

O Excellent sage, thus leaning abou attack by the ganas of Siva, some of the sage with the use of the mantras meant for th destruction of the obstacles in the ya performed homa in the sacrificial fire.

the fire-altar by Bhrgy, thousands Rbi warriors rose up from the fire of yay

Alas! Satl, the noble beloved of the bull bannered Siva, became dispirited an disgusted. She should have been appropriate honoured.

0 Excellent sage, those warriors holding the fire as the weapon, fought a terrific wa 'with the ganas of Siva.

cause of her anger with Daksa. By yogic

with them and with the application of th

'When the people indulged in such a type to lk, and observing the surprising end of SatP's fe, suddenly all the attendants of Siva, rose p holding their weapons.

f the attendants of Siva were kifled and outed quickly, while others fled away from re scene, This was a great surprise.

Her body, which was free from all the sins fell in the yogic fire and was reduced to ashes 0 Excellent sage, she did so as per her ow wish.

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created on the earth as well as the sky, whic frightened even the gods.

Observing this, Indra and other gods, faruia-ganas, ris, Visvedevds, Asvini- umaras and the lokapalas kept silent at that ime.

Ttis a pity, that having been antagonised bs a wicked person, the beloved of Siva, cast of life.

The attendants of Siva, shouted loudly hd, , 90, no, repeatedly. The sound of the cries f Siva's atiendams was spread everywhere. ie gods and the sages who collected there, vere terror stricken who said repeatedly, Disgrace to us."

thers then started thinking, "What shall appen further? All of them became upset ecause they were unable to remove the isfortune,

choed in all the four directions and all the ods and the sages gathered there were rightened.

0 Excellent sage, in this way 2 disturbance as created in the yajiia of the wicked Dakse- he son of Bram, who was inimical to Siva.

The enraged attendants of Siva, after onfabulations among themselves, took up weir arms and creating the scene of the time

The wicked Daksa Prajipati, has an evi mind and is inimical to Brahman. His defam will surely spread in the entire universe,

om of his own body simply for the sake of is enmity with Siva. He, after his death, vould fall in the terrific hell."