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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.2.20

సా సూత్వాథ సుతాన్నవానువత్సరం గృహ ఏవాపహాయ పూర్వచిత్తిర్భూయ ఏవాజం దేవముపతస్థే ॥ ౨౦ ॥
sā sūtvātha sutān navānuvatsaraṁ gṛha evāpahāya pūrvacittir bhūya evājaṁ devam upatasthe.
[saa sootvaatha sutaan navaanuvatsaram griha evaapahaaya poorvachittir bhooya evaajam devam upatasthe.]
sā — she sūtvā — after giving birth to atha — thereafter sutān — sons nava — nine anuvatsaram — year after year gṛhe — at home eva — certainly apahāya — leaving pūrvacittiḥ — Pūrvacitti bhūyaḥ — again eva — certainly ajam — Lord Brahmā devam — the demigod upatasthe — approached.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sā sūtvātha sutān navānuvatsaraṁ gṛha evāpahāya pūrvacittir bhūya evājaṁ devam upatasthe.
sā
she
sūtvā
after giving birth to
atha
thereafter
sutān
sons
nava
nine
anuvatsaram
year after year
gṛhe
at home
eva
certainly
apahāya
leaving
pūrvacittiḥ
Pūrvacitti
bhūyaḥ
again
eva
certainly
ajam
Lord Brahmā
devam
the demigod
upatasthe
approached.
Pūrvacitti gave birth to these nine sons, one each year, but after they grew up she left them at home and again approached Lord Brahmā to worship him.

There are many instances in which Apsarās, heavenly angels, have descended to this earth by the order of a superior demigod like Lord Brahmā 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 Menakā, the celestial woman who had come to delude Viśvāmitra Muni, gave birth to the child Śakuntalā, she left both the child and her husband and returned to the heavenly planets. Pūrvacitti did not remain permanently with Mahārāja Āgnīdhra. After cooperating in his household affairs, she left Mahārāja Āgnīdhra and all nine sons and returned to Brahmā to worship him.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Pūrvacitti gave birth to these nine sons, one each year, but left them in the house of the King and again approached Lord Brahmā. She left the children in the house of the King, since she was an Apsarā. She gave up her affection for them that she previously had.
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