Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.14.44-45

kaśyapa uvāca

kṛta-śokānutāpena

sadyaḥ pratyavamarśanāt

bhagavaty uru-mānāc ca

bhave mayy api cādarāt

putrasyaiva ca putrāṇāḿ

bhavitaikaḥ satāḿ mataḥ

gāsyanti yad-yaśaḥ śuddhaḿ

bhagavad-yaśasā samam

SYNONYMS

kaśyapaḥ uvāca — the learned Kaśyapa said; kṛta-śoka — having lamented; anutāpena — by penitence; sadyaḥ — immediately; pratyavamarśanāt — by proper deliberation; bhagavati — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; uru — great; mānāt — adoration; ca — and; bhave — unto Lord Śiva; mayi api — unto me also; ca — and; ādarāt — by respect; putrasya — of the son; eva — certainly; ca — and; putrāṇām — of the sons; bhavitā — shall be born; ekaḥ — one; satām — of the devotees; mataḥ — approved; gāsyanti — will broadcast; yat — of whom; yaśaḥ — recognition; śuddham — transcendental; bhagavat — of the Personality of Godhead; yaśasā — with recognition; samam — equally.

TRANSLATION

The learned Kaśyapa said: Because of your lamentation, penitence and proper deliberation, and also because of your unflinching faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead and your adoration for Lord Śiva and me, one of the sons [Prahlāda] of your son [Hiraṇyakaśipu] will be an approved devotee of the Lord, and his fame will be broadcast equally with that of the Personality of Godhead.

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