1440 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 33
scriptures, dtmaiva putro jayate: the husband’s body is represented by
the son. Strictly speaking, a woman is never widowed if she has a grown-up
son. Devahiiti was not very much affected while Kapila Muni was there,
but upon His departure she was very afflicted. She grieved not because
of her worldly relationship with Kardama Muni but because of her
sincere love for the Personality of Godhead.

The example given here is that Devahtti became just like a cow who
has lost her calf. A cow bereft of her calf cries day and night. Similarly,
Devahiti was aggrieved, and she always cried and requested her friends
and relatives, ‘‘Please bring my son home so that I may live. Otherwise, |
shall die.” This intense affection for the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
although manifested as affection for one’s son, is spiritually beneficial.
Attachment for a material son obliges one to remain in material existence,
but the same attachment, when transferred to the Supreme Lord, brings
one elevation to the spiritual world in the association of the Lord.

Every woman can qualify herself as much as Devahtti and then can
also have the Supreme Godhead as her son. If the Supreme Personality of
Godhead can appear as the son of Devahiti, He can also appear as the son
of any other woman, provided that woman is qualified. If one gets the
Supreme Lord as a son, he can have the benefit of bringing up a nice son
in this world and at the same time get promotion to the spiritual world to
become the face-to-face associate of the Personality of Godhead.

TEXT 22
TH ST sae afte atq |
THU TH Ae TEA TE UR
tam eva dhydyati devam
apatyam kapilam harim
babhivacirato vatsa
nihsprhd tadrse grhe

tam—upon him; eva—certainly; dhydyati— meditating; devam—divine;
apatyam—son; kapilam—Lord Kapila; harim—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; babhiiva—became; aciratah—very soon; vatsa—O dear Vidura;
nihsprha—unattached; tadrse grhe—to such a home.
