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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
| Canto 3, Ch. 23
यस्तेऽभ्यधायि समयः सकृदङ्गसङ्गो भूयाद्वरीयसि गुणः प्रसवः 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
devahūtiḥ uvāca —Devahūti said;  rāddhaṁ —it has been achieved;  bata —indeed;  dvija-vṛṣa —O best of the  brāhmaṇas ;  etat —this;  amogha —infallible;  yoga-māyā —of mystic powers;  adhipe —the master;  tvayi —in you;  vibho —O great one;  tat —that;  avaimi —I know;  bhartaḥ —O husband;  yaḥ —that which;  te —by you;  abhyadhāyi —was given;  samayaḥ —promise;  sakṛt —once;  aṅga-saṅgaḥ —bodily union;  bhūyāt —may be;  garīyasi —when very glorious;  guṇaḥ —a great quality;  prasavaḥ —progeny;  satīnām —of chaste women.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Devahūti said:  My dear husband, O best of  brāhmaṇas , I know that you have achieved perfection and are the master of all the infallible mystic powers because you are under the protection of  yogamāyā , the transcendental nature. But you once made a promise that our bodily union should now fulfill because children are a great quality for a chaste woman who has a glorious husband.
PURPORT
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  yogamāyā . 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 ( yogamāyā ). 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