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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.18.57

nityaḿ vanāt sumanasaḥ

phala-mūla-samit-kuśān

patrāńkura-mṛdo 'paś ca

kāle kāla upāharat

SYNONYMS

nityam — daily; vanāt — from the forest; sumanasaḥ — flowers; phala — fruits; mūla — roots; samit — wood for the sacrificial fire; kuśān — and kuśa grass; patra — leaves; ańkura — sprouts; mṛdaḥ — and earth; apaḥ — water; ca — also; kāle kāle — at the proper time; upāharat — brought.

TRANSLATION

Indra served his aunt daily by bringing flowers, fruits, roots and wood for yajñas from the forest. He also brought kuśa grass, leaves, sprouts, earth and water exactly at the proper time.

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