एवं स्वदेहं महतां महीयसा मुहु: समारोपितमङ्कमादरात् । जिहासती दक्षरुषा मनस्विनी दधार गात्रेष्वनिलाग्निधारणाम् ॥ २६ ॥
evam sva-deham mahatam mahiyasa muhuh samaropitam ankam adarat jihasati daksa-rusa manasvini dadhara gatresv anilagni-dharanam
- evam
- thus
- sva-deham
- her own body
- mahatam
- of the great saints
- mahiyasa
- most worshipful
- muhuh
- again and again
- samaropitam
- seated
- ankam
- on the lap
- adarat
- respectfully
- jihasati
- wishing to give up
- daksa-rusa
- due to anger towards Daksa
- manasvini
- voluntarily
- dadhara
- placed
- gatresu
- on the limbs of the body
- anila-agni-dharanam
- meditation on the fire and air.
Thus, in order to give up her body, which had been so respectfully and affectionately seated on the lap of Lord Siva, who is worshiped by great sages and saints, Sati, due to anger towards her father, began to meditate on the fiery air within the body.