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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 24]
hṛdaya-granthi , exists for all conditioned souls, and it becomes more and more tightened when there is too much affection for sex life. The explanation was given by Lord Rṣabha to his sons that this material world is an atmosphere of attraction between male and female. That attraction takes the shape of a knot in the heart, and by material affection it becomes still more tight. For people who hanker after material possessions, society, friendship and love, this knot of affection becomes very strong. It is only by  brahma-bhāvana —the instruction by which spiritual knowledge is enhanced—that the knot in the heart is cut to pieces. No material weapon is needed to cut this knot, but it requires bona fide spiritual instruction. Kardama Muni instructed his wife, Devahūti, that the Lord would appear as her son and disseminate spiritual knowledge to cut the knot of material identification.
TEXT 5
मैत्रेय उवाच
देवहृत्यपि संदेशं गौरवेण प्रजापतेः ।
सम्यक् श्रद्धाय पुरुषं कूटस्थमभजद्गुरुम् ॥ ५ ॥
maitreya uvāca devahūty api sandeśam gauraveṇa prajāpateḥ samyak śraddhāya puruṣam kūṭa-stham abhajad gurum
maitreyaḥ uvāca —Maitreya said;  devahūtī —Devahūti;  api —also;  sandeśam —the direction;  gauraveṇa —with great respect;  prajā-pateḥ —of Kardama;  samyak —complete;  śraddhāya —having faith in;  puruṣam —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  kūṭa-stham —situated in everyone's heart;  abhajat —worshiped;  gurum —most worshipable.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Maitreya said: Devahūti was fully faithful and respectful towards the direction of her husband, Kardama, who was one of the prajāpatis, or generators of human beings in the universe. O great sage, she thus began to worship the master of the universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in everyone's heart.