Canto 3, Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Verse 8 (SB 3.14.8)
SB 3.14.8 • मूल श्लोक

दितिर्दाक्षायणी क्षत्तर्मारीचं कश्यपं पतिम् । अपत्यकामा चकमे सन्ध्यायां हृच्छयार्दिता ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

ditir dākṣāyaṇī kṣattar mārīcaṁ kaśyapaṁ patim apatya-kāmā cakame sandhyāyāṁ hṛc-chayārditā

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda