vibhajya navadhÄtmÄnaá¹
mÄnavīṠsuratotsukÄm
rÄmÄá¹ niramayan reme
vará¹£a-pÅ«gÄn muhÅ«rtavat
vibhajya - having divided; nava-dhÄ - into nine; ÄtmÄnam - himself; mÄnavÄ«m - the daughter of Manu (DevahÅ«ti); surata - for sex life; utsukÄm - who was eager; rÄmÄm - to his wife; niramayan - giving pleasure; reme - he enjoyed; vará¹£a-pÅ«gÄn - for many years; muhÅ«rtavat - like a moment.
Here the daughter of SvÄyambhuva Manu, DevahÅ«ti, is described as suratotsuka. After traveling with her husband all over the universe, in Mount Meru and the beautiful gardens of the heavenly kingdoms, she naturally became sexually stimulated, and in order to satisfy her sexual desire, Kardama Muni expanded himself into nine forms. Instead of one, he became nine, and nine persons had sexual intercourse with DevahÅ«ti for many, many years. It is understood that the sexual appetite of a woman is nine times greater than that of a man. That is clearly indicated here. Otherwise, Kardama Muni would have had no reason to expand himself into nine. Here is another example of yogic power. As the Supreme Personality of Godhead can expand Himself in millions of forms, a yogÄ« can also expand up to nine forms, but not more than that. Another example is that of Saubhari Muni; he also expanded himself into eight forms. But however powerful a yogÄ« may be, he cannot expand himself into more than eight or nine forms. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, can expand Himself into millions of forms, ananta-rÅ«pa — innumerable, countless forms — as stated in the Brahma-saá¹hitÄ. No one can compare to the Supreme Personality of Godhead by any conceivable energetic manifestation of power.