Canto 6, Chapter 18

Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

Verse 70 (SB 6.18.70)
SB 6.18.70 • मूल श्लोक

एक: सङ्कल्पित: पुत्र: सप्त सप्ताभवन् कथम् । यदि ते विदितं पुत्र सत्यं कथय मा मृषा ॥ ७० ॥

Transliteration

ekaḥ saṅkalpitaḥ putraḥ sapta saptābhavan katham yadi te viditaṁ putra satyaṁ kathaya mā mṛṣā

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

ekaḥ — one; saṅkalpitaḥ — was prayed for; putraḥ — son; sapta sapta — forty-nine; abhavan — came to be; katham — how; yadi — if; te — by you; viditam — known; putra — my dear son; satyam — the truth; kathaya — speak; mā — do not (speak); mṛṣā — lies.

Translation

“I prayed for only one son, but now I see that there are forty-nine. How has this happened? My dear son Indra, if you know, please tell me the truth. Do not try to speak lies.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda