Text 39] Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja
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gradually come to Him. This is confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā  ( dadāmi buddhi-yogam tam yena mām upayānti te ). The Lord gives the devotee the opportunity to make progress further and further so that he may come back home, back to Godhead.
TEXT 38
सा तत्पुंसवनं राज्ञी प्राश्य वै पत्युरादधे । गर्भं काल उपावृत्ते कुमारं सुषुवेऽप्रजा ॥३८॥
sā tat puṁ-savanam rājñī prāśya vai patyur ādadhe garbham kāla upāvṛtte kumāram suṣuve 'prajā
sā —she;  tat —that food;  puṁ-savanam —which produces a male child;  rājñī —the Queen;  prāśya —eating;  vai —indeed;  patyuh —from the husband;  ādadhe —conceived;  garbham —pregnancy;  kāle —when the due time;  upāvṛtte —appeared;  kumāram —a son;  suṣuve —gave birth to;  aprajā —having no son.
TRANSLATION
Although the Queen had no son, after eating that food, which had the power to produce a male child, she became pregnant from her husband, and in due course of time she gave birth to a son.
PURPORT
Among the ten kinds of purificatory processes, one is  puṁ-savanam , in which the wife is offered some  prasāda , or remnants of foodstuff offered to Lord Viṣṇu, so that after sexual intercourse with her husband she may conceive a child.
TEXT 39
स बाल एव पुरुषो मातामहमनुव्रतः । अधर्माशोद्धवं मृत्युं तेनाभवदधार्मिकः ॥३९॥
sa bāla eva puruṣo mātā-maham anuvrataḥ adharmāṁśodbhavam mṛtyuṁ tenābhavad adhārmikaḥ
saḥ —that;  bālaḥ —child;  eva —certainly;  puruṣaḥ —male;  mātā-maham —maternal grandfather;  anuvrataḥ —a follower of;  adharma —of irreligion;