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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.33.20

హిత్వా తదీప్సితతమమప్యాఖణ్డలయోషితామ్ । కిఞ్చిచ్చకార వదనం పుత్రవిశ్లేషణాతురా ॥ ౨౦ ॥
hitvā tad īpsitatamam
[hitvaa tad eepsitatamam]
apy ākhaṇḍala-yoṣitām
[apy aakhandala-yoshitaam]
kiṣcic cakāra vadanaṁ
[kishchich chakaara vadanam]
putra-viśleṣaṇāturā
[putra-vishleshanaaturaa]
hitvā — having given up tat — that household īpsita-tamam — most desirable api — even ākhaṇḍala-yoṣitām — by the wives of Lord Indra kiṣcit cakāra vadanam — she wore a sorry look on her face putra-viśleṣaṇa — by separation from her son āturā — afflicted.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
hitvā tad īpsitatamam
hitvā
having given up
tat
that household
īpsita-tamam
most desirable
apy ākhaṇḍala-yoṣitām
api
even
ākhaṇḍala-yoṣitām
by the wives of Lord Indra
kiṣcic cakāra vadanaṁ
kiṣcit cakāra vadanam
she wore a sorry look on her face
putra-viśleṣaṇāturā
putra-viśleṣaṇa
by separation from her son
āturā
afflicted.
Although her position was unique from all points of view, saintly Devahūti, in spite of all her possessions, which were envied even by the ladies of the heavenly planets, gave up all such comforts. She was only sorry that her great son was separated from her.

Devahūti was not at all sorry at giving up her material comforts, but she was very much aggrieved at the separation of her son. It may be questioned here that if Devahūti was not at all sorry to give up the material comforts of life, then why was she sorry about losing her son? Why was she so attached to her son? The answer is explained in the next verse. He was not an ordinary son. Her son was the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One can give up material attachment, therefore, only when one has attachment for the Supreme Person. This is explained in Bhagavad-gītā. Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate. Only when one actually has some taste for spiritual existence can he be reluctant to follow the materialistic way of life.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Giving up that house, most desirable even to the wives of Indra, Devahūti became silent, overcome with grief, pained by the absence of her son. She became silent (vadanaṁ kiṣcid cakāra) in the presence of all these things. This means she was filled with grief at seeing these things.
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