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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 1]
the strength of one's devotion. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā :  yānti deva-vratā devān pitṛn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ . If one is attached to a particular demigod, he is promoted to the abode of that demigod; if one is attached to the  pitṛs  or forefathers he is promoted to their planet; and similarly if one is attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead,  Kṛṣṇa , he is promoted to the abode of Lord  Kṛṣṇa . Atri Muni actually had no clear conception of the Lord of the universe; therefore the three presiding deities who are actually the lords of the universe in the three departments of the modes of nature all came before him. Now, according to the strength of his determination for a son, his desire would be fulfilled by the grace of the Lord.
TEXT 31
अथास्मदंशभूतास्ते अत्मजा लोकविश्रुताः । मवितारोऽङ्ग भद्रं ते विस्रप्सन्ति च ते यशः ॥३१॥
athāsmad-aṁśa-bhūtās te ātmajā loka-viśrutāḥ bhavitāro 'ṅga bhadraṁ te visrapsyanti ca te yaśaḥ
atha—therefore; asmat—our; aṁśa-bhūtāḥ—plenary expansions; te—your; ātmajāḥ—sons; loka-viśrutāḥ—very famous in the world; bhavitāraḥ—in the future will be born; aṅga—dear great sage; bhadraṁ—all good fortune; te—unto you; visrapsyanti—will spread; ca—also; te—your; yaśaḥ—reputation.
TRANSLATION
You will have sons who will represent a partial manifestation of our potency, and because we desire all good fortune for you, those sons will glorify your reputation throughout the world.
TEXT 32
एवं कामवरं दत्त्वा प्रतिजग्भुः सुरेश्वराः । सभाजितास्तयोः सम्यग्दम्पत्योर्मिषतोस्ततः ॥३२॥