Canto 6, Chapter 18

Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

Verse 68 (SB 6.18.68)
SB 6.18.68 • मूल श्लोक

दितिरुत्थाय दद‍ृशे कुमाराननलप्रभान् । इन्द्रेण सहितान् देवी पर्यतुष्यदनिन्दिता ॥ ६८ ॥

Transliteration

ditir utthāya dadṛśe kumārān anala-prabhān indreṇa sahitān devī paryatuṣyad aninditā

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

ditiḥ — Diti; utthāya — getting up; dadṛśe — saw; kumārān — children; anala-prabhān — as brilliant as fire; indreṇa sahitān — with Indra; devī — the goddess; paryatuṣyat — was pleased; aninditā — being purified.

Translation

“Because of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Diti was completely purified. When she got up from bed, she saw her forty-nine sons along with Indra. These forty-nine sons were all as brilliant as fire and were in friendship with Indra, and therefore she was very pleased.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda