Text 45]
Prayers by Queen Kuntī
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PURPORT
Anything that is enchanting in the world is said to be a representation of the Lord. The conditioned souls who are engaged in trying to lord it over the material world are also enchanted by His mystic powers, but His devotees are enchanted in a different way by the glories of the Lord, and His merciful blessings are upon them. His energy is displayed in different ways, as electrical energy works in manifold capacities. Śrīmatī Kuntīdevī has prayed to the Lord just to enunciate a fragment of His glories. All His devotees worship Him in that way, by chosen words, and therefore the Lord is known as  uttama-śloka . No amount of chosen words is sufficient to enumerate the Lord's glory, and yet He is satisfied by such prayers as the father is satisfied even by the broken linguistic attempts of the growing child. The word  māyā  is used both in the sense of delusion and mercy also. Herein the word  māyā  is used in the sense of the Lord's mercy upon Kuntīdevī.
TEXT 45
तां बाढमित्युपामन्त्र्य प्रविश्य गजसाह्वयम् । 
    स्त्रियश्च स्वपुरं यास्यन् प्रेम्णा राज्ञा निवारितः ॥४५॥
tām bāḍham ity upāmantrya 
    praviśya gajasāhvayam 
    striyaś ca sva-puram yāsyan 
    premṇā rājñā nivāritaḥ
tām —all those;  bāḍham —accepted;  iti —thus;  upāmantrya —subsequently informed;  praviśya —entering;  gajah-āhvayam — Gajasthaherayna  palace;  striyaḥ ca —other ladies;  sva-puram —own residence;  yāsyan —while starting for;  premṇā —in love;  rājñā —by the king;  nivāritaḥ —stopped.
TRANSLATION
Thus accepting the prayers of Śrīmatī Kuntīdevī, the Lord subsequently informed other ladies of His departure by entering the palace of Hastināpura. But upon preparing to leave, He was stopped by King Yudhiṣṭhira, who implored Him lovingly.