SB 6.18.23

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

SB 6.18.22

SB 6.18.24

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 23

śrī-śuka uvāca
hata-putrā ditiḥ śakra-
pārṣṇi-grāheṇa viṣṇunā
manyunā śoka-dīptena
jvalantī paryacintayat

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; hata-putrā—whose sons were killed; ditiḥ—Diti; śakra-pārṣṇi-grāheṇa—who was helping Lord Indra; viṣṇunā—by Lord Viṣṇu; manyunā—with anger; śoka-dīptena—kindled by lamentation; jvalantī—burning; paryacintayat—thought.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Just to help Indra, Lord Viṣṇu killed the two brothers Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu. Because of their being killed, their mother, Diti, overwhelmed with lamentation and anger, contemplated as follows.