Shloka 10
Kardama Muni’s Mystic Opulence, Devahūti’s Rejuvenation, and the Turning Toward Fearlessness
देवहूतिरुवाच राद्धं बत द्विजवृषैतदमोघयोग- मायाधिपे त्वयि विभो तदवैमि भर्त: । यस्तेऽभ्यधायि समय: सकृदङ्गसङ्गो भूयाद्गरीयसि गुण: प्रसव: सतीनाम् ॥ १० ॥
devahūtir uvāca rāddhaṁ bata dvija-vṛṣaitad amogha-yoga- māyādhipe tvayi vibho tad avaimi bhartaḥ yas te ’bhyadhāyi samayaḥ sakṛd aṅga-saṅgo bhūyād garīyasi guṇaḥ prasavaḥ satīnām
Devahūti dit : « Ô mon époux bien-aimé, ô le meilleur des brāhmaṇas ! Je sais que tu as atteint la perfection et que tu es le maître des pouvoirs yogiques infaillibles, car tu es sous la protection de la yoga-māyā, la nature transcendante. Mais tu as jadis promis notre union corporelle ; qu’elle s’accomplisse à présent, car pour une épouse chaste, enfanter d’un mari glorieux est une grande vertu. »
Devahūti expressed her happiness by uttering the word bata, for she knew that her husband was in a highly elevated transcendental position and was under the shelter of yoga-māyā. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, those who are great souls, mahātmās, are not under the control of the material energy. The Supreme Lord has two energies, material and spiritual. The living entities are marginal energy. As marginal energy, a person may be under the control of the material energy or the spiritual energy ( yoga-māyā ). Kardama Muni was a great soul, and therefore he was under the spiritual energy, which means that he was directly connected with the Supreme Lord. The symptom of this is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, constant engagement in devotional service. This was known to Devahūti, yet she was anxious to have a son by bodily union with the sage. She reminded her husband of his promise to her parents: “I will remain only until the time of Devahūti’s pregnancy.” She reminded him that for a chaste woman to have a child by a great personality is most glorious. She wanted to be pregnant, and she prayed for that. The word strī means “expansion.” By bodily union of the husband and wife their qualities are expanded: children born of good parents are expansions of the parents’ personal qualifications. Both Kardama Muni and Devahūti were spiritually enlightened. Therefore she desired from the beginning that first she be pregnant and then she be empowered with the achievement of God’s grace and love of God. For a woman it is a great ambition to have a son of the same quality as a highly qualified husband. Since she had the opportunity to have Kardama Muni as her husband, she also desired to have a child by bodily union.
FAQs
Devahūti addresses her husband as the master of unfailing yoga and of māyā, recognizing that his yogic power and divine arrangement made his promise come true.
She acknowledges that Kardama’s pledged blessing—granting her intimate association and the resulting auspicious outcome—has been accomplished, and she sees it as divinely ordained.
It highlights integrity to one’s promises, seeing family life as sacred duty, and valuing character and virtue in raising children as a meaningful spiritual contribution.