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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.33.13
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 13
- sā cāpi tanayoktena
- yogādeśena yoga-yuk
- tasminn āśrama āpīḍe
- sarasvatyāḥ samāhitā
sāshe — she; caand — and; apialso — also; tanayaby her son — by her son; uktenaspoken — spoken; yogaby the instruction on yoga-ādeśenaby the instruction on yoga — by the instruction on yoga; yogaengaged in bhakti-yoga-yukengaged in bhakti-yoga — engaged in bhakti-yoga; tasminin that — in that; āśramehermitage — hermitage; āpīḍethe flower crown — the flower crown; sarasvatyāḥof the Sarasvatī — of the Sarasvatī; samāhitāfixed in samādhi — fixed in samādhi.
As instructed by her son, Devahūti also began to practice bhakti-yoga in that very āśrama. She practiced samādhi in the house of Kardama Muni, which was so beautifully decorated with flowers that it was considered the flower crown of the River Sarasvatī.
Devahūti did not leave her house, because it is never recommended for a woman to leave her home. She is dependent. The very example of Devahūti was that when she was not married, she was under the care of her father, Svāyambhuva Manu, and then Svāyambhuva Manu gave her to Kardama Muni in charity. She was under the care of her husband in her youth, and then her son, Kapila Muni, was born. As soon as her son grew up, her husband left home, and similarly the son, after discharging His duty towards His mother, also left. She could also have left home, but she did not. Rather, she remained at home and began to practice bhakti-yoga as it was instructed by her great son, Kapila Muni, and because of her practice of bhakti-yoga, the entire home became just like a flower crown on the River Sarasvatī.