Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
इन्द्र उवाच अम्ब तेऽहं व्यवसितमुपधार्यागतोऽन्तिकम् । लब्धान्तरोऽच्छिदं गर्भमर्थबुद्धिर्न धर्मदृक् ॥ ७१ ॥
Transliteration
indra uvāca amba te ’haṁ vyavasitam upadhāryāgato ’ntikam labdhāntaro ’cchidaṁ garbham artha-buddhir na dharma-dṛk
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
indraḥ uvāca — Indra said; amba — O mother; te — your; aham — I; vyavasitam — vow; upadhārya — understanding; āgataḥ — came; antikam — nearby; labdha — having found; antaraḥ — a fault; acchidam — I cut; garbham — the embryo; artha-buddhiḥ — being self-interested; na — not; dharma-dṛk — possessing vision of religion.
Translation
“Indra replied: My dear mother, because I was grossly blinded by selfish interests, I lost sight of religion. When I understood that you were observing a great vow in spiritual life, I wanted to find some fault in you. When I found such a fault, I entered your womb and cut the embryo to pieces.”