180 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 14
naham tvam bhasmasat kuryam
striyam santanike ’sati

tyaja—deliver; tyaja—deliver; a@Su—immediately; dusprajnie—you
foolish woman; mat-ksetrat—from the womb meant for me to impreg-
nate; Ghitam—begotten; paraih—by others; na—not; aham—I;
tuagm—you; bhasmasat—burnt to ashes; kuryém—shall make;
striyam—because you are a woman; sdntanike —wanting a child; asati—
although you are unchaste.

TRANSLATION

Brhaspati said: You foolish woman, your womb, which was
meant for me to impregnate, has been impregnated by someone
other than me. Immediately deliver your child! Immediately
deliver it! Be assured that after the child is delivered, I shall not
burn you to ashes. I know that although you are unchaste, you
wanted a son. Therefore I shall not punish you.

PURPORT

Tara was married to Brhaspati, and therefore as a chaste woman she
should have been impregnated by him. But instead she preferred to be
impregnated by Soma, the moon-god, and therefore she was unchaste.
Although Brhaspati accepted Tard from Brahma, when he saw that she
was pregnant he wanted her to deliver a son immediately. Tara certainly
very much feared her husband, and she thought she might be punished
after giving birth. Thus Brhaspati assured her that he would not punish
her, for although she was unchaste and had become pregnant illicitly,
she wanted a son.

TEXT 10
TAG ASA AT FA TART |
Tema FAL AT TT A UR
tatydja vridita tara
kumaram kanaka-prabham
