Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 23: Devahūti's Lamentation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.23.35

bhartuḥ purastād ātmānaḿ

strī-sahasra-vṛtaḿ tadā

niśāmya tad-yoga-gatiḿ

saḿśayaḿ pratyapadyata

SYNONYMS

bhartuḥ — of her husband; purastātin the presence; ātmānam — herself; strī-sahasra — by a thousand maids; vṛtam — surrounded; tadā — then; niśāmya — seeing; tat — his; yoga-gatim — yogic power; saḿśayam pratyapadyata — she was amazed.

TRANSLATION

She was amazed to find herself surrounded by a thousand maids in the presence of her husband and to witness his yogic power.

PURPORT

Devahūti saw everything miraculously done, yet when brought before her husband she could understand that it was all due to his great yogic mystic power. She understood that nothing was impossible for a yogī like Kardama Muni.

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