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Devahūti's Lamentation
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her husband of his promise to her parents: "I will remain only until the time of Devahūti's pregnancy." She reminded him that for a chaste woman to have a child by a great personality is most glorious. She wanted to be pregnant, and she prayed for that. The word  strī  means expansion. By bodily union of the husband and wife their qualities are expanded: children born of good parents are expansions of their personal qualifications. Both Kardama Muni and Devahūti were spiritually enlightened; therefore she desired from the beginning that first she be pregnant and then she be empowered with the achievement of God's grace and love of God. For a woman it is a great ambition to have a son of the same quality as a highly qualified husband. Since she had the opportunity to have Kardama Muni as her husband, she also desired to have a child by bodily union.
TEXT 11
तत्रेतिकृत्यमुपशिक्ष यथोपदेशं 
  येनैष मे कशितोऽतिरिंसयाऽऽत्मा । 
  सिद्धयेत ते कृतमनोभवधर्षिताया 
  दीनस्तदीश भवनं सदृशं विचक्ष्व ॥११॥
tatreti-kṛtyam upaśikṣa yathopadeśam 
  yenaiṣa me karśito 'tiriraṁsayātmā 
  siddhyeta te kṛta-manobhava-dharṣitāyā 
  dīnas tad īśa bhavanaṁ sadṛśaṁ vicakṣva
tatra—in that; iti-kṛtyam—what is necessary to be done; upaśikṣa—perform; yathā—according to; upadeśam—instruction in scripture; yena—by which; eṣaḥ—this; me—my; karśitaḥ—emaciated; atiriraṁsayā—due to intense passion not being satisfied; ātmā—body; siddhyeta—it may be rendered fit; te—for you; kṛta—excited; manaḥ-bhava—by emotion; dharṣitāyāḥ—who am struck; dīnaḥ—poor; tat—therefore; īśa—O my dear lord; bhavanam—house; sadṛśam—suitable; vicakṣva—please think of.
TRANSLATION
Devahūti continued: My dear lord, I am struck by excited emotion for you. Therefore kindly make what arrangements must be made according to the scriptures so that my skinny body, emaciated through unsatisfied