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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 22]
PURPORT
The word  amba  is significant. A father sometimes addresses his daughter in affection as “Mother” and sometimes as “my darling.” The feeling of separation occurs because until the daughter is married she remains the daughter of the father, but after her marriage she is no longer claimed as a daughter in the family; she must go to the husband’s house, for after marriage she becomes the property of the husband. According to  Manu-saṁhitā , a woman is never independent. She must remain the property of the father while she is not married, and she must remain the property of the husband until she is elderly and has grown-up children of her own. In old age, when the husband has taken  sannyāsa  and left home, she remains the property of the sons. A woman is always dependent, either upon the father, husband or elderly sons. That will be exhibited in the life of Devahūti. Devahūti’s father handed over responsibility for her to the husband, Kardama Muni, and, in the same way, Kardama Muni also left home, giving the responsibility to his son, Kapiladeva. This narration will describe these events one after another.
TEXTS 26-27
आमन्त्र्य तं मुनिवरमनुज्ञातः सहानुगः ।  
 प्रतस्ये रथमारुह्य सभार्यः स्वपुरं नृपः ॥२६॥  
 उययोर्दृषिकृत्यायाः सरस्वत्याः सुरोभसोः ।  
 ऋषीणामुपशान्तानां पश्यन्नाश्रमसम्पदः ॥२७॥
āmantrya tam muni-varam 
  anujñātaḥ sahānugaḥ 
  pratasthe ratham āruhya 
  sabhāryaḥ sva-puram nṛpaḥ
ubhayor ṛṣi-kulyāyāḥ 
  sarasvatyāḥ surodhasoḥ 
  ṛṣīṇām upaśāntānām 
  paśyann āśrama-sampadaḥ
āmantrya—taking permission to go; tam—from him (Kardama); muni-varam—from the best of sages; anujñātaḥ—being permitted to leave; saha-anugaḥ—along with his retinue; pratasthe—started for; ratham āruhya—