Although encouraged by the devatās to maintain the child, Mamatā considered him useless because of his illicit birth, and therefore she left him. The Maruts maintained the child, and when Mahārāja Bharata was disappointed for want of a child, they gave this child as his son. The devatās encouraged her in a joking way. “O Mamatā! Follow the order of Bṛhaspati, your paramour.” Thinking the child useless, Mamaṭa out of embarrassment abandoned the child. Another version has ādijam instead of vitatham. She gave up the child born of Bṛhaspati. The Maruts raised the child she abandoned. After accepting him, they gave the child to Bharata when Bharata’s lineage was interrupted. Thus ends the commentary on the Twentieth Chapter of the Ninth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Twenty-one King Rantideva