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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.17.2
ditis tu bhartur ādeśād
apatya-pariśańkinī
pūrṇe varṣa-śate sādhvī
putrau prasuṣuve yamau
SYNONYMS
ditiḥ — Diti; tu — but; bhartuḥ — of her husband; ādeśāt — by the order; apatya — from her children; pariśańkinī — being apprehensive of trouble; pūrṇe — full; varṣa-śate — after one hundred years; sādhvī — the virtuous lady; putrau — two sons; prasuṣuve — begot; yamau — twins.
TRANSLATION
The virtuous lady Diti had been very apprehensive of trouble to the gods from the children in her womb, and her husband predicted the same. She brought forth twin sons after a full one hundred years of pregnancy.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness