What She Asked Him

After his father had gone, Kapila stayed at Bindusaras to do what would please his mother. Devahūti remembered Brahmā's words, and one day, as her son sat there at rest, she said to him:

I am utterly weary, my lord, of the cravings of the senses for what is unreal, and by following them I have come into blind darkness. Now, at the end of my births, by your grace I have found you, who carry men across that darkness, the eye that sees what is true. Surely you are the first Lord, risen like the sun to give sight to a world blinded by darkness. Take away this bewilderment of I and mine, which you yourself have set in me. I come to you for refuge. I want to know what nature is and what the Person is. I bow to you, the best of those who know the true dharma, the right way of living.

Kapila was glad of what his mother asked, for there was nothing in it to fault, and it leads to freedom. He smiled a little and began to teach her.