1448 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 33
PURPORT
Because she was always in trance in transcendental bliss, the thought of
the Personality of Godhead was always carefully fixed in her mind. She
did not become thin, for she was taken care of by the celestial maid-
servants created by her husband. It is said, according to the A yur-vedic
medical science, that if one is free from anxieties he generally becomes
fat. Devahiti, being situated in Krsna consciousness, had no mental
anxieties, and therefore her body did not become thin. It is customary in
the renounced order of life that one should not take any service from a
servant or maid, but Devahuti was being served by the celestial maid-
servants. This may appear to be against the spiritual concept of life, but
just as fire is still beautiful even when surrounded by smoke, she looked
completely pure although it seemed that she was living in a luxurious way.
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svanigam tapo-yoga-mayam
mukta-kesam gatambaram
daiva-guptam na bubudhe
vasudeva-pravista-dhih
sva-angam—her body; tapah—austerity; yoga—yoga practice; mayam—
fully engaged in; mukta—loosened; kesam—her hair; gata—disarrayed;
ambaram—her garments; daiva—by the Lord; guptam—protected; na—not;
bubudhe—she was aware of; vasudeva—in the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; pravista—absorbed; dhih—her thoughts.
TRANSLATION
Because she was always absorbed in the thought of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, she was not aware that her hair was sometimes
loosened or her garments were disarrayed.
PURPORT
In this verse the word daiva-guptam, “protected by the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead,” is very significant. Once one surrenders unto the
