Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 17: The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi's Son

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.17.21

śrī-śuka uvāca

etāvad uktvā bhagavāḿs

tatraivāntaradhīyata

aditir durlabhaḿ labdhvā

harer janmātmani prabhoḥ

upādhāvat patiḿ bhaktyā

parayā kṛta-kṛtyavat

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; etāvatin this way; uktvā — saying (to her); bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tatra evain that very spot; antaḥ-adhīyata — disappeared; aditiḥ — Aditi; durlabhama very rare achievement; labdhvā — getting; hareḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; janma — birth; ātmaniin herself; prabhoḥ — of the Lord; upādhāvat — immediately went; patim — unto her husband; bhaktyā — with devotion; parayā — great; kṛta-kṛtya-vat — thinking herself very successful.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After speaking in this way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead disappeared from that very spot. Aditi, having received the extremely valuable benediction that the Lord would appear as her son, considered herself very successful, and with great devotion she approached her husband.

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