Shloka 36
Kardama Muni’s Mystic Opulence, Devahūti’s Rejuvenation, and the Turning Toward Fearlessness
स तां कृतमलस्नानां विभ्राजन्तीमपूर्ववत् । आत्मनो बिभ्रतीं रूपं संवीतरुचिरस्तनीम् ॥ ३६ ॥ विद्याधरीसहस्रेण सेव्यमानां सुवाससम् । जातभावो विमानं तदारोहयदमित्रहन् ॥ ३७ ॥
sa tāṁ kṛta-mala-snānāṁ vibhrājantīm apūrvavat ātmano bibhratīṁ rūpaṁ saṁvīta-rucira-stanīm
Nakita ng pantas na si Devahūti ay nakapaligo na at malinis, at kumikislap na tila hindi na ang dating asawa, kundi nagbalik sa likás na ganda bilang anak ng hari. Nakasuot ng maringal na kasuotan, maayos ang pagkakatali sa dibdib, at pinaglilingkuran ng sanlibong dalagang Vidyādhari.
Before her marriage, when Devahūti was brought by her parents before the sage Kardama, she was the perfectly beautiful princess, and Kardama Muni remembered her former beauty. But after her marriage, when she was engaged in the service of Kardama Muni, she neglected to care for her body like a princess, since there was no means for such care; her husband was living in a cottage, and since she was always engaged in serving him, her royal beauty disappeared, and she became just like an ordinary maidservant. Now, after being bathed by the Gandharva girls by the order of Kardama Muni’s yogic power, she regained her beauty, and Kardama Muni felt attracted to the beauty she had shown before the marriage. The real beauty of a young woman is her breasts. When Kardama Muni saw the breasts of his wife so nicely decorated, increasing her beauty many times, he was attracted, even though he was a great sage. Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya has therefore warned the transcendentalists that one who is after transcendental realization should not be attracted by the raised breasts of a woman because they are nothing but an interaction of fat and blood within the body.
FAQs
This verse shows Devahuti’s beauty becoming radiant after cleansing—implying that inner and outer purification in dharmic life enhances natural spiritual grace, not mere vanity.
Devahuti is described as newly bathed and brilliantly radiant, seen by her husband Kardama Muni in a renewed, extraordinary beauty.
Maintain cleanliness, modesty, and devotional intention in daily routines—treating self-care as sattvic discipline that supports remembrance of God and harmony in family life.