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Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
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agastyaḥ prāg duhitaram upayeme dhṛta-vratām yasyām dṛḍha-cyuto jāta idhma-vāhātmajo muniḥ
agastyaḥ —the great sage Agastya Muni;  prāk —first;  duhitaram —daughter;  upayeme —married;  dhṛta-vratām —taken to vows;  yasyām —through whom;  dṛḍha-cyutaḥ —named Dṛḍhacyuta;  jātaḥ —was born;  idhma-vāha —named Idhmavāha;  ātma-jaḥ —son;  muniḥ —the great sage.
TRANSLATION
The great sage named Agastya married the first-born daughter of Malayadhvaja, the avowed devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. From her one son was born, whose name was Dṛḍhacyuta, and from him another son was born, whose name was Idhmavāha.
PURPORT
The name of Agastya Muni is very significant. The word  agastya  indicates that his senses do not act independently, and the word  muni  means “mind.” The mind is the center of all the senses, and in the case of Agastya Muni, the senses could not work independent of the mind. When the mind takes to the cult of  bhakti , it engages in devotional service. The cult of  bhakti  ( bhakti-latā ) is the first daughter of Malayadhvaja, and, as previously described, her eyes are always upon Kṛṣṇa ( asitekṣaṇām ). One cannot render  bhakti  to any demigod.  Bhakti  can be rendered only to Viṣṇu ( śravaṇam kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ ). Thinking the Absolute Truth to be without form, the Māyāvādīs say that the word  bhakti  can apply to any form of worship. If this were the case, a devotee could imagine any demigod or any godly form and worship it. This, however, is not the real fact. The real fact is that  bhakti  can only be applied to Lord Viṣṇu and His expansions. Therefore  bhakti-latā  is  dṛḍha-vrata , the great vow, for when the mind is completely engaged in devotional service, the mind does not fall down. If one tries to advance by other means—by  karma-yoga  or  jñāna-yoga —one will fall down, but if one is fixed in  bhakti , he never falls down.
Thus from  bhakti-latā  the son Dṛḍhacyuta is born, and from Dṛḍhacyuta the next son, Idhmavāha, is born. The word  idhma-vāha  refers to one who carries wood for burning in a sacrifice when approaching a spiritual master. The point is that  bhakti-latā , the cult of devotion, fixes one in his