Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.18.66-67

sakṛd iṣṭvādi-puruṣaḿ

puruṣo yāti sāmyatām

saḿvatsaraḿ kiñcid ūnaḿ

dityā yad dharir arcitaḥ

sajūr indreṇa pañcāśad

devās te maruto 'bhavan

vyapohya mātṛ-doṣaḿ te

hariṇā soma-pāḥ kṛtāḥ

SYNONYMS

sakṛt — once; iṣṭvā — worshiping; ādi-puruṣam — the original person; puruṣaḥ — a person; yāti — goes to; sāmyatām — possessing the same bodily feature as the Lord; saḿvatsaram — a year; kiñcit ūnam — a little less than; dityā — by Diti; yat — because; hariḥ — Lord Hari; arcitaḥ — was worshiped; sajūḥ — with; indreṇa — Indra; pañcāśat — fifty; devāḥ — demigods; te — they; marutaḥ — the Maruts; abhavan — became; vyapohya — removing; mātṛ-doṣam — the fault of their mother; te — they; hariṇā — by Lord Hari; soma-pāḥ — drinkers of soma-rasa; kṛtāḥ — were made.

TRANSLATION

If one worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person, even once, he receives the benefit of being promoted to the spiritual world and possessing the same bodily features as Viṣṇu. Diti worshiped Lord Viṣṇu for almost one year, adhering to a great vow. Because of such strength in spiritual life, the forty-nine Maruts were born. How, then, is it wonderful that the Maruts, although born from the womb of Diti, became equal to the demigods by the mercy of the Supreme Lord ?

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