Canto 6, Chapter 18

Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

Verse 57 (SB 6.18.57)
SB 6.18.57 • मूल श्लोक

नित्यं वनात्सुमनस: फलमूलसमित्कुशान् । पत्राङ्कुरमृदोऽपश्च काले काल उपाहरत् ॥ ५७ ॥

Transliteration

nityaṁ vanāt sumanasaḥ phala-mūla-samit-kuśān patrāṅkura-mṛdo ’paś ca kāle kāla upāharat

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

nityam — daily; vanāt — from the forest; sumanasaḥ — flowers; phala — fruits; mūla — roots; samit — wood for the sacrificial fire; kuśān — and kuśa grass; patra — leaves; aṅkura — 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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda