Canto 6, Chapter 18

Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

Verse 72 (SB 6.18.72)
SB 6.18.72 • मूल श्लोक

कृत्तो मे सप्तधा गर्भ आसन् सप्त कुमारका: । तेऽपि चैकैकशो वृक्णा: सप्तधा नापि मम्रिरे ॥ ७२ ॥

Transliteration

kṛtto me saptadhā garbha āsan sapta kumārakāḥ te ’pi caikaikaśo vṛkṇāḥ saptadhā nāpi mamrire

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

kṛttaḥ — cut; me — by me; sapta-dhā — into seven; garbhaḥ — the embryo; āsan — there came to be; sapta — seven; kumārakāḥ — babies; te — they; api — although; ca — also; eka-ekaśaḥ — each one; vṛkṇāḥ — cut; sapta-dhā — into seven; na — not; api — still; mamrire — died.

Translation

“First I cut the child in the womb into seven pieces, which became seven children. Then I cut each of the children into seven pieces again. By the grace of the Supreme Lord, however, none of them died.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda