SB 3.14.8

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

SB 3.14.7 - SB 3.14.9

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 8

ditir dākṣāyaṇī kṣattar

mārīcaṁ kaśyapaṁ patim

apatya-kāmā cakame

sandhyāyāṁ hṛc-chayārditā

SYNONYMS

ditiḥ—Diti; dākṣāyaṇī—the daughter of Dakṣa; kṣattaḥ—O Vidura; mārīcam—the son of Marīci; kaśyapam—Kaśyapa; patim—her husband; apatya-kāmā—desirous of having a child; cakame—longed for; sandhyāyām—in the evening; hṛt-śaya—by sex desires; arditā—distressed.

TRANSLATION

Diti, daughter of Dakṣa, being afflicted with sex desire, begged her husband, Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci, to have intercourse with her in the evening in order to beget a child.

SB 3.14.7 - SB 3.14.9