340 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 7

400,000 years, is mentioned along with the name of His father and the
name of the village in which He will appear. A sane man, therefore, does
not accept any cheap edition of incarnation without reference to the
authorized scriptures.

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Jajiie ca kardama-grhe dvija devahityam

stribhih samam navabhir atmagatim sva-matre
ice yayatma-Samalam guna-sanga-pankam

asmin vidhiiya kapilasya gatim prapede

jajfie—took birth; ca—also; kardama—the Prajapati-named Kardama;
grhe—in the house of; dvija—O brahmana; devahiityam—in the womb of
Devahiti; stribhin—by women; samam—accompanied by; navabhih—by
nine; atma-gatim—spiritual realization; sva-matre—unto His own mother;
iice—uttered; yaya—by which; atma-samalam—coverings of the spirit soul;
guna-saiga—associated with the modes of nature; pankam—mud; asmin—
this very life ;vidhiiya—being washed off; kapilasya— of Lord Kapila; gatim—
liberation; prapede—achieved.

TRANSLATION

The Lord then appeared as the Kapila incarnation, being the son of the
prajapati brahmana Kardama and his wife Devahiti, along with nine other
women [sisters]. He spoke to His mother about self-realization, by which,
in that very lifetime, she became fully cleansed of the mud of the material
modes and thereby achieved liberation, the path of Kapila.

PURPORT

The instructions of Lord Kapila to His mother Devahiti are fully
described in the Third Canto (Chapters 25-30) of the Srimad-Bhagavatam,
