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