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Activities of Kapila
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TRANSLATION
She did so with serious engagement in devotional service. Because she was strong in renunciation, she accepted only the necessities of the body. She became situated in knowledge due to realization of the Absolute Truth, her heart became purified, she became fully absorbed in meditation upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all misgivings due to the modes of material nature disappeared.
TEXT 26
ब्रह्मण्यवस्थितमतिर्भगवत्यात्मसंश्रये । निवृत्तजीवापत्तित्वास्त्रीणाङ्केशाऽऽमनिर्वृतिः ॥२६॥
brahmaṇy avasthita-matir bhagavaty ātma-saṁśraye nivṛtta-jīvāpattitvāt kṣṇa-kleśāpta-nirvṛtiḥ
brahmaṇi —in Brahman;  avasthita —situated;  matiḥ —her mind;  bhagavati —in the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  ātma-saṁśraye —residing in all living entities;  nivṛtta —freed;  jīva —of the  jīva  soul;  āpattitvāt —from the unfortunate condition;  kṣṇa —disappeared;  kleśa —material pangs;  āpta —attained;  nirvṛtiḥ —transcendental bliss.
TRANSLATION
Her mind became completely engaged in the Supreme Lord, and she automatically realized the knowledge of the impersonal Brahman. As a Brahman realized soul, she was freed from the designations of the materialistic concept of life. Thus all material pangs disappeared, and she attained transcendental bliss.
PURPORT
The previous verse states that Devahūti was already conversant with the Absolute Truth. It may be questioned why she was meditating. The explanation is that when one theoretically discusses the Absolute Truth he becomes situated in the impersonal concept of Absolute Truth. Similarly, when one seriously discusses the subject matter of the form, quality, pastimes and entourage of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,