1006 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 25
tasmin bindusare ’vatsid
bhagavan kapilah kila
maitreyah uvaca—Maitreya said; pitari— when the father; prasthite—left;
aranyam—for the forest; matuh—His mother; priya-cikirsaya—with a desire
to please; tasmin—on that; bindusare—Lake Bindu-sarovara; avatsit—He
stayed; bhagavan—the Lord; kapilah—Kapila; kila—indeed.
TRANSLATION
Maitreya said: When Kardama left for the forest, Lord Kapila stayed on
the strand of the Bindu-sarovara in order to please His mother, Devahiti.
PURPORT
In the absence of the father it is the duty of the growmup son to take
charge of his mother and to serve her to the best of his capacity so that she
will not feel separation from her husband, and it is the duty of the
husband to leave home as soon as there is a grown-up son to take charge
of his wife and family affairs. That is the Vedic system of household life.
One should not remain continually implicated in household affairs up to
the time of death. He must leave. Family affairs and the wife may be
taken charge of by a grown-up son.
TEXT 6
aaeRAE || TTATTTITT RAT |
aad sagas wa: Acad Ta: Ul & Il
tam dsinam akarmanam
tattva-margagra-darsanam
sva-sutarn devahiity aha
dhatuh samsmarati vacah
tam—to Him (Kapila); dsinam—seated; akarmadnam—at leisure; tattva—of
the Absolute Truth; marga-agra—the ultimate goal; darsanam—who could
show; sva-sutam—her son; devahitti-Devahiti; aha—said; dhatuh—of
Brahma; sarnsmarati—remembering; vacah—the words.
