Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.18.11

diter dvāv eva dāyādau

daitya-dānava-vanditau

hiraṇyakaśipur nāma

hiraṇyākṣaś ca kīrtitau

SYNONYMS

diteḥ — of Diti; dvau — two; eva — certainly; dāyādau — sons; daitya-dānava — by the Daityas and Dānavas; vanditau — worshiped; hiraṇyakaśipuḥ — Hiraṇyakaśipu; nāma — named; hiraṇyākṣaḥHiraṇyākṣa; ca — also; kīrtitau — known.

TRANSLATION

First the two sons named Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa took birth from Diti's womb. Both of them were very powerful and were worshiped by the Daityas and Dānavas.

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