910 Srimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 3, Ch. 23
PURPORT

Lord Caitanya recommended that the greatest achievement of human
life is to achieve the grace of the Lord, love of God. He said, prema
pumartho mahan: To achieve love of Godhead is the highest perfection
of life. The same perfection is recommended by Kardama Muni to his
wife. His wife belonged to a very aristocratic royal family. Generally,
those who are very materialistic or who possess material wealth and
prosperity are unable to appreciate the value of transcendental love of
God. Although Devahiti was a princess coming from a very great royal
family, fortunately she was under the supervision of her great husband
Kardama Muni, who offered her the best gift which can be bestowed in
human life, the grace of the Lord, or love of God. This grace of the Lord
was achieved by Devahiti by the good will and satisfaction of her
husband. She served her husband, who was a great devotee and saintly
person, with great sincerity, love, affection and service, and Kardama
Muni was satisfied. He willingly gave love of God, and he recommended
that she should accept it and enjoy it because he had already achieved it.

Love of God is not an ordinary commodity. Caitanya Mahaprabhu was
worshiped by Riipa Gosvami because He distributed love of God, krsna-
prema, to everyone. Riipa Gosvami praised Him as mahda-vadanya, a
greatly munificent personality, because He was freely distributing to
everyone love of Godhead, which is achieved by wise men only after many,
many births. Krsna-prema, Krsna consciousness, is the highest gift which
can be bestowed on anyone whom we presume to love.

One word used in this verse, nija-dharma-dohan, is very significant.
Devahiiti, as the wife of Kardama Muni, achieved an invaluable gift from
her husband because she was very faithful to him. For a woman the
first principle of religion is to be faithful to her husband. If, fortunately,
the husband is a great personality, then the combination is perfect, and the
lives of both the wife and the husband are at once fulfilled.

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