Text 39] Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Maharaja 573
gradually come to Him. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (dadami
buddhi-yogam tam yena mam upayanti te). The Lord gives the devotee the
opportunity to make progress further and further so that he may come
back home, back to Godhead.
TEXT 38
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sa tat purm-savanam rajni
prasya vai patyur addadhe
garbham kala updurtte
kumaram susuve ’praja
sa—she; tat—that food; pum-savanam—which produces a male child;
rajnit—the Queen; prasya—eating; vai—indeed; patyuh—from the husband;
adadhe—conceived ;garb ham— pregnancy ; kale— when the due time ; upaurtte
—appeared; kumaram—a son; susuve—gave birth to; apraja—having no son.
TRANSLATION
Although the Queen had no son, after eating that food, which had the
power to produce a male child, she became pregnant from her husband, and
in due course of time she gave birth to a son.
PURPORT
Among the ten kinds of purificatory processes, one is purh-savanam, in
which the wife is offered some prasdda, or remnants of foodstuff
offered to Lord Visnu, so that after sexual intercourse with her husband
she may conceive a child.
TEXT 39
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aqaaigd sa | Tamracarhis: 11381!
sa bala eva puruso
mata-maham anuvratah
adharmamsodbhavarh mrtyum
tenabhavad adharmikah
sah—that; balah—child; eva—certainly; purusah—male; matd-maham—
maternal grandfather; anuvratah—a follower of; adharma—of irreligion;
