Sati was the daughter of the high chief of Gods Daksha and married to Shiva. One day Daksha decided to throw a yagna (ritual
sacrifice) and invited except for the couple since he despised Shiva.
Sati got word of this and suggested to Shiva that they go anyway however
Shiva, not wanting to incite her father’s anger, prefered not to. Sati was hurt by her father’s
treatment and decided to go alone.
Arriving
there she got into an argument with her father in front of the guests
something that made her feel humiliated. When her father tried to
provoked her again she remained silent and decided she wanted to relinquish all
family ties, telling her father this:
“Since you have given me this body I no longer wish to be associated with it.”
She walked past him and sat in a meditative seat on the ground, closed
her eyes and fell into a trance. Going deep
within herself she began to increase her inner fire through yogic exercises
until her body burst into flames.
