Text 49] Devahati’s Lamentation 941

TRANSLATION

Immediately afterwards, on the same day, Devahiti gave birth to nine
female children, all charming in every limb and fragrant with the scent of
the red lotus flower.

PURPORT

Devahuti was too sexually excited, and therefore she discharged more
ova, and nine daughters were born. It is said in the smrti-sdstra as well as
in the Ayur Veda that when the discharge of the male is greater, then male
children are begotten, but when the discharge of the female is greater,
female children are begotten. It appears from the circumstances that
Devahuti was more sexually excited, and therefore she had nine daughters
at once. All the daughters, however, were very beautiful, and their bodies
were nicely formed; each resembled a lotus flower and was fragrant like a
lotus.

TEXT 49

Gf Mt TAA TASS ae: |
wr feat waa fag iesil

patim sd pravrajisyantam
tadalaksyoSati bahih

smayamana viklavena
hrdayena vidiiyata

patim—her husband; sd—she; pravrajisyantam—going to leave home; tada
—then; dlaksya—after seeing; usati—beautiful; bahih—outwardly; smaya-
mana—smiling; viklavena—agitated; hrdayena—with a heart; vidiiyata—being
distressed.

TRANSLATION

When she saw her husband about to leave home, she smiled externally,
but at heart she was agitated and distressed.

PURPORT

Kardama Muni finished his household affairs quickly by his mystic
power. The building of the castle in the air, traveling all over the universe
