Text 11] Devahtti’s Lamentation 913
her husband of his promise to her parents: “I! will remain only until the
time of Devahati’s pregnancy.”’ She reminded him that for a chaste woman
to have a child by a great personality is most glorious. She wanted to be
pregnant, and she prayed for that. The word stri means expansion. By
bodily union of the husband and wife their qualities are expanded:children
born of good parents are expansions of their personal qualifications. Both
Kardama Muni and Devahati were spiritually enlightened; therefore she
desired from the beginning that first she be pregnant and then she be em-
powered with the achievement of God’s grace and love of God. For a woman
it is a yreat.ambition to have a son of the same quality as a highly qualified
husband. Since she had the opportunity to have Kardama Muni as her
husband, she also desired to have a child by bodily union.
TEXT 11
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vafrerarfirs = amtaaa
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Fay F afaasfaftiaatssen |
atarercta mae aeet frveT 221
tatreti-krtyam upasiksa yathopadesam
yenaisa me karsito ‘tiriramsayatma
siddhyeta te krta-manobhava-dharsitaya
dinas tad isa bhavanam sadrsarm vicaksva
tatra—in that; iti-krtyam—what is necessary to be done; upasiksa—per-
form; yatha—according to; upadesam—instruction in scripture; yena—by
which; esah—this; me—my; karsitah—emaciated; atirirarisaya—due to
intense passion not being satisfied; dtma—body; siddhyeta—it may be
rendered fit; te—for you; krta—excited; manah-bhava—by emotion;
dharsitayah—who am struck; dinah—poor; tat—therefore; isa—O my dear
lord; bhavanam—house; sadrsam—suitable; vicaksva—please think of.
TRANSLATION
Devahiti continued: My dear lord, I am struck by excited emotion for
you. Therefore kindly make what arrangements must be made according
to the scriptures so that my skinny body, emaciated through unsatisfied
