Text 57] Devahiti’s Lamentation 949
TEXT 57
are AMAA Aa afsaa ATT tq |
aeat Fang ea 4 Besa TATA II
saham bhagavato niinam
vaiicita mayaya drdham
yat tvam vimuktidam prapya
na mumukseya bandhanat

sa—that very person; aham—] am; bhagavatah—of the Lord; ninam—
surely; vaficita—cheated; mayaya—by the illusory energy; drdham—solidly ;
yat—because; tuam—you; vimukti-dam—who gives liberation; prapya—having
attained; na mumukseya—| have not sought liberation; bandhanat—from
material bondage.

TRANSLATION

My lord, surely I have been solidly cheated by the insurmountable illu-
sory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for in spite of having
obtained your association, which gives liberation from material bondage, I
did not seek such liberation.

PURPORT

An intelligent man should utilize good opportunities. The first
opportunity is the human form of life, and the second opportunity
is to take birth in a suitable family where there is cultivation of spiritual
knowledge; this is rarely obtained. The greatest opportunity is to have the
association of a saintly person. Devahiiti was conscious that she was born
as the daughter of an emperor. She was sufficiently educated and cultured,
and at last she got Kardama Muni, a saintly person and a great yogi, as her
husband. Still, if she did not get liberation from the entanglement of
material energy, then certainly she would be cheated by the insurmount-
able illusory energy. Actually, the illusory material energy is cheating
everyone. People do not know what they are doing when they worship
the material energy in the form of goddess Kali or Durga for material
boons. They ask, ““Mother, give me great riches, give me a good wife, give
me fame, give me victory.” But such devotees of the goddess Maya or
Durga do not know that they are being cheated by that goddess. Material
achievement is actually no achievement because as soon as one is illusioned
by the material gifts, he becomes more and more entangled, and there is
