Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.14.8

ditir dākṣāyaṇī kṣattar

mārīcaḿ kaśyapaḿ patim

apatya-kāmā cakame

sandhyāyāḿ hṛc-chayārditā

SYNONYMS

ditiḥ — Diti; dākṣāyaṇī — the daughter of Dakṣa; kṣattaḥ — O Vidura; mārīcam — the son of Marīci; kaśyapam — Kaśyapa; patim — her husband; apatya-kāmā — desirous of having a child; cakame — longed for; sandhyāyām — in the evening; hṛt-śaya — by sex desires; arditā — distressed.

TRANSLATION

Diti, daughter of Dakṣa, being afflicted with sex desire, begged her husband, Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci, to have intercourse with her in the evening in order to beget a child.

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