Text 51] Devahati’s Lamentation 943
TEXT 51
TIETCAT
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devahittir uvaca
sarvam tad bhagavan mahyam
upovaha pratisrutam
athapi me prapannaya
abhayain datum arhasi
devahittifi—Devahiti; uvdca—said; sarvam—all; tat—that; bhagavan —Your
Lordship; mah yam—for me; upovaha- has been fulfilled ; pratisrutam—prom-
ised; athapi—yet; me—unto me; prapanndyah—unto one who has surren-
dered; abhayam—fearlessness; datum-—to give; arhasi—you deserve.
TRANSLATION
Sri Devahiti said: My lord, you have fulfilled all the promises you gave
me, yet because I am your surrendered soul, you should give me fearless-
ness too.
PURPORT
Devahuti requested her husband to grant her something without fear.
As a wife, she was a fully surrendered soul to her husband, and it is the
responsibility of the husband to give his wife fearlessness. How one awards
fearlessness to his subordinate is mentioned in the Fifth Canto of Srimad-
Bhagavatam. One who cannot get free from the clutches of death is
dependent, and he should not become a spiritual master, nor a husband,
nor a kinsman, nor a father, nor a mother, etc. It is the duty of the
superior to give fearlessness to the subordinate. To take charge of some-
one, therefore, either as father, mother, spiritual master, relative or hus-
band, one must accept the responsibility to give his ward treedom from
the fearful situation of material existence. Material existence is always
fearful and full of anxiety. Devahuti is saying, “You have given me all
sorts of material comforts by your yogic power, and since you are now
prepared to go away, you must give me your last award so that I may get
free from this material conditional life.”
