882 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 22
upon a child just after his birth. There are debts to the family in which one
is born, debts to the demigods, debts to the pitas, debts to the ssis, etc.
But if someone engages only in the service of the Supreme Lord, the
Personality of Godhead, who is actually worshipable, then even without
trying to liquidate other debts, one becomes free from all obligations.
Kardama Muni preferred to devote his life as a servant of the Lord in
paramahamsa knowledge and to beget a child only for that purpose, not
to beget numberless children to fill up the vacancies in the universe.
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BAA Aa SX AKT: Ril
maitreya uvaca
sa ugradhanvann iyad evababhase
Gsic ca tiisnim aravinda-nabham
dhiyopagrhnan smita-sobhitena
mukhena ceto lulubhe devahiityah
maitreyah—the great sage Maitreya; uvaca—said; sah—he (Kardama);
ugra-dhanvan—O great warrior Vidura; iyat—this much; eva—only ; ababhase
—spoke; dsit—became; ca—and; ¢iisnim—silent; aravinda-nabham—Lord
Visnu (whose navel is adorned by a lotus); dhiya—by thought; upagrhnan—
seizing; smita-sobhitena—beautified by his smile; mukhena—by his face;
cetah—the mind; lulubhe—was captivated; devahiityah—of Devahiti.
TRANSLATION
Sri Maitreya said: O great warrior Vidura, the sage Kardama said this
much only and then became silent, thinking of his worshipable Lord Visnu,
who has a lotus on His navel. As he silently smiled, his face captured the
mind of Devahuti, who began to meditate upon the great sage.
PURPORT
It appears that Kardama Muni was fully absorbed in Krsna consciousness
because as soon as he became silent, he at once began to think of Lord
