SB 5.2.20

TEXT 20

TEXT

सा सूत्वाथ सुतान्नवानुवत्सरं गृह एवापहाय पूर्वचित्तिर्भूय एवाजं देवमुपतस्थे. ॥ २० ॥

sa sūtvatha sutan navanuvatsaram grha evapahaya pūrvacittir bhūya
evajam devam upatasthe.

sa-she; sūtva-after giving birth to; atha-thereafter; sutan-sons; nava-nine; anuvatsaram-year after year; grhe-at home; eva-certainly; apahaya-leaving; pūrvacittiḥ-Pūrvacitti; bhūyaḥ-again; eva-certainly; ajam-Lord Brahma; devam-the demigod; upatasthe-approached.

TRANSLATION

Pūrvacitti gave birth to these nine sons, one each year, but after they grew up, she left them at home and again approached Lord Brahma to worship him.

PURPORT

There are many instances in which Apsaras, heavenly angels, have descended to this earth by the order of a superior demigod like Lord Brahma or Lord Indra, have followed the demigod's order by marrying someone and giving birth to children, and have then returned to their celestial homes. For example, after Menaka, the celestial woman who had come to delude Visvamitra Muni, gave birth to the child Sakuntala, she left both the child and her husband and returned to the heavenly planets. Pūrvacitti did not remain permanently with Maharaja Agnidhra. After cooperating in his household affairs, she left Maharaja Agnidhra and all nine sons and returned to Brahma to worship him.

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