देवमुपतस्थे ॥२०॥
sÄ sÅ«tvÄtha sutÄn navÄnuvatsaraá¹ gá¹›ha evÄpahÄya pÅ«rvacittir bhÅ«ya evÄjaá¹ devam upatasthe
sÄ - she; sÅ«tvÄ - after giving birth to; atha - thereafter; sutÄn - sons; nava - nine; anuvatsaram - year after year; gá¹›he - at home; eva - certainly; apahÄya - leaving; pÅ«rvacittiḥ - PÅ«rvacitti; bhÅ«yaḥ - again; eva - certainly; ajam - Lord BrahmÄ; devam - the demigod; upatasthe - approached.
PÅ«rvacitti gave birth to these nine sons, one each year, but after they grew up she left them at home and again approached Lord BrahmÄ to worship him.
There are many instances in which ApsarÄs, heavenly angels, have descended to this earth by the order of a superior demigod like Lord BrahmÄ 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 MenakÄ, the celestial woman who had come to delude ViÅ›vÄmitra Muni, gave birth to the child ÅšakuntalÄ, she left both the child and her husband and returned to the heavenly planets. PÅ«rvacitti did not remain permanently with MahÄrÄja Ä€gnÄ«dhra. After cooperating in his household affairs, she left MahÄrÄja Ä€gnÄ«dhra and all nine sons and returned to BrahmÄ to worship him.
