Devanagari
देवहूतिरुवाच
सर्वं तद्भगवान्मह्यमुपोवाह प्रतिश्रुतम् ।
अथापि मे प्रपन्नाया अभयं दातुमर्हसि ॥ ५१ ॥
Verse text
devahūtir uvāca
sarvaṁ tad bhagavān mahyam
upovāha pratiśrutam
athāpi me prapannāyā
abhayaṁ dātum arhasi
Synonyms
devahūtiḥ
—
Devahūti
;
uvāca
—
said
;
sarvam
—
all
;
tat
—
that
;
bhagavān
—
Your Lordship
;
mahyam
—
for me
;
upovāha
—
has been fulfilled
;
pratiśrutam
—
promised
;
atha api
—
yet
;
me
—
unto me
;
prapannāyai
—
unto one who has surrendered
;
abhayam
—
fearlessness
;
dātum
—
to give
;
arhasi
—
you deserve .
Translation
Śrī Devahūti said: My lord, you have fulfilled all the promises you gave me, yet because I am your surrendered soul, you should give me fearlessness too.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Devahūti said: O master! You have accomplished what you promised to me. But you should also give fearlessness to me, who am surrendered to you.
Upovāha means “accomplished.”
Purport
Devahūti requested her husband to grant her something without fear. As a wife, she was a fully surrendered soul to her husband, and it is the responsibility of the husband to give his wife fearlessness. How one awards fearlessness to his subordinate is mentioned in the Fifth Canto of
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
One who cannot get free from the clutches of death is dependent, and he should not become a spiritual master, nor a husband, nor a kinsman, nor a father, nor a mother, etc. It is the duty of the superior to give fearlessness to the subordinate. To take charge of someone, therefore, either as father, mother, spiritual master, relative or husband, one must accept the responsibility to give his ward freedom from the fearful situation of material existence. Material existence is always fearful and full of anxiety. Devahūti is saying, “You have given me all sorts of material comforts by your yogic power, and since you are now prepared to go away, you must give me your last award so that I may get free from this material, conditional life.”