946 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 23
TEXT 54
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gerade AAT TAA FHA |
FAT TE A ATTRA AAT F U4 VI
indriyarthegu sajjantya
prasangas tvayt me krtah
ajanantya param bhava
tathépy astv abhayaya me

indriya-arthesu—to sense gratification; sajjantya—being attached;
prasangah—affinity ; tvayi—for you; me—by me; krtaf—was done; ajanantya
—not knowing; param bhavam—your transcendent situation; tathapi—none-
theless; astu—let it be; abhaydya--for fearlessness; me—my.

TRANSLATION

Not knowing your transcendental situation, I have loved you while re-
maining attached to the objects of the senses. Nonetheless, let the affinity
I have developed for you rid me of all fear.

PURPORT

Devahiti is lamenting her position. As a woman, she had to love
someone. Somehow or other, she came to love Kardama Muni, but
without knowing of his spiritual advancement. Kardama Muni could
understand Devahuti’s heart; generally all women desire material enjoy-
ment. They are called less intelligent because they are mostly prone to
material enjoyment. Devahiti laments because her husband had given her
the best kind of material enjoyment, but she did not know that he was so
advanced in spiritual realization. Her plea was that even though she did
not know the glories of her great husband, because she had taken shelter
of him she must therefore be delivered from material entanglement.
Association with a great personality is most important. In Cattanya-
caritamrta Lord Caitanya says that sadhu-sanga, the association of a great
saintly person, is very important, because even if one is not advanced in
knowledge, simply by association with a great saintly person one can
immediately make considerable advancement in spiritual life. As a woman,
as an ordinary wife, Devahuti became attached to Kardama Muni in order
to satisfy her sense enjoyment and other material necessities, but actually
