Satī Quits Her Body
गोत्रं त्वदीयं भगवान्वृषध्वजो दाक्षायणीत्याह यदा सुदुर्मना: । व्यपेतनर्मस्मितमाशु तदाऽहं व्युत्स्रक्ष्य एतत्कुणपं त्वदङ्गजम् ॥ २३ ॥
Transliteration
gotraṁ tvadīyaṁ bhagavān vṛṣadhvajo dākṣāyaṇīty āha yadā sudurmanāḥ vyapeta-narma-smitam āśu tadā ’haṁ vyutsrakṣya etat kuṇapaṁ tvad-aṅgajam
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
gotram — family relationship; tvadīyam — your; bhagavān — the possessor of all opulences; vṛṣadhvajaḥ — Lord Śiva; dākṣāyaṇī — Dākṣāyaṇī (the daughter of Dakṣa); iti — thus; āha — calls; yadā — when; sudurmanāḥ — very morose; vyapeta — disappear; narma-smitam — my jolliness and smile; āśu — immediately; tadā — then; aham — I; vyutsrakṣye — I shall give up; etat — this (body); kuṇapam — dead body; tvat-aṅga-jam — produced from your body.
Translation
“Because of our family relationship, when Lord Śiva addresses me as Dākṣāyaṇī I at once become morose, and my jolliness and my smile at once disappear. I feel very much sorry that my body, which is just like a bag, has been produced by you. I shall therefore give it up.”