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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.18.23

śrī-śuka uvāca

hata-putrā ditiḥ śakra-

pārṣṇi-grāheṇa viṣṇunā

manyunā śoka-dīptena

jvalantī paryacintayat

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; hata-putrā — whose sons were killed; ditiḥDiti; śakra-pārṣṇi-grāheṇa — who was helping Lord Indra; viṣṇunā — by Lord Viṣṇu; manyunā — with anger; śoka-dīptena — kindled by lamentation; jvalantī — burning; paryacintayat — thought.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Just to help Indra, Lord Viṣṇu killed the two brothers Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu. Because of their being killed, their mother, Diti, overwhelmed with lamentation and anger, contemplated as follows.

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