SB 6.18.20

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Sixth Canto - Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

SB 6.18.19 - SB 6.18.21

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 20

śrī-rājovāca

kathaṁ ta āsuraṁ bhāvam

apohyautpattikaṁ guro

indreṇa prāpitāḥ sātmyaṁ

kiṁ tat sādhu kṛtaṁ hi taiḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-rājā uvāca — King Parīkṣit said; katham — why; te — they; āsuram — demoniac; bhāvam — mentality; apohya — giving up; autpattikam — due to birth; guro — my dear lord; indreṇa — by Indra; prāpitāḥ — were converted; sa-ātmyam — to demigods; kim — whether; tat — therefore; sādhu — pious activities; kṛtam — performed; hi — indeed; taiḥ — by them.

TRANSLATION

King Parīkṣit inquired: My dear lord, due to their birth, the forty-nine Maruts must have been obsessed with a demoniac mentality. Why did Indra, the King of heaven, convert them into demigods? Did they perform any rituals or pious activities?

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