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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 22]
upon a child just after his birth. There are debts to the family in which one is born, debts to the demigods, debts to the  pitās , debts to the  ṛṣis , etc. But if someone engages only in the service of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, who is actually worshipable, then even without trying to liquidate other debts, one becomes free from all obligations. Kardama Muni preferred to devote his life as a servant of the Lord in  paramahamṣa  knowledge and to beget a child only for that purpose, not to beget numberless children to fill up the vacancies in the universe.
TEXT 21
मैत्रेय उवाच
स उग्रधन्त्रमिगदेवावभाषे 
    आसीच्च तूष्णीमरविन्दनाभम् । 
    धियोपगृह्णन् सितशोभितेन 
    मुखेन चेतो लुलुभे देवहृत्याः ॥२१॥
maitreya uvāca 
    sa ugradhanvann iyad evābabhāṣe 
    āsīc ca tūṣṇīm aravinda-nābham 
    dhiyopagrhṇan smita-śobhitena 
    mukhena ceto lulubhe devahūtyāḥ
maitreyaḥ—the great sage Maitreya; uvāca—said; saḥ—he (Kardama); ugra-dhanvan—O great warrior Vidura; iyat—this much; eva—only; ābabhāṣe—spoke; āsīt—became; ca—and; tūṣṇīm—silent; aravinda-nābham—Lord Viṣṇu (whose navel is adorned by a lotus); dhiyā—by thought; upagrhṇan—seizing; smita-śobhitena—beautified by his smile; mukhena—by his face; cetaḥ—the mind; lulubhe—was captivated; devahūtyāḥ—of Devahūti.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Maitreya said:  O great warrior Vidura, the sage Kardama said this much only and then became silent, thinking of his worshipable Lord Viṣṇu, who has a lotus on His navel. As he silently smiled, his face captured the mind of Devahūti, who began to meditate upon the great sage.
PURPORT
It appears that Kardama Muni was fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness because as soon as he became silent, he at once began to think of Lord