Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 17: Victory of Hiranyaksha Over All the Directions of the Universe. Text 2

दितिस्तु भर्तुरादेशादपत्यपरिशङ्किनी ।
पूर्णे वर्षशते साध्वी पुत्रौ प्रसुषुवे यमौ ॥२॥

ditis tu bhartur ÄdeÅ›Äd
apatya-pariśaṅkinī
pÅ«rṇe vará¹£a-Å›ate sÄdhvÄ«
putrau prasuá¹£uve yamau

 ditiḥ - Diti; tu - but; bhartuḥ - of her husband; ÄdeÅ›Ät - by the order; apatya - from her children; pariÅ›aá¹…kinÄ« - being apprehensive of trouble; pÅ«rṇe - full; vará¹£a-Å›ate - after one hundred years; sÄdhvÄ« - the virtuous lady; putrau - two sons; prasuá¹£uve - begot; yamau - twins.


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The virtuous lady Diti had been very apprehensive of trouble to the gods from the children in her womb, and her husband predicted the same. She brought forth twin sons after a full one hundred years of pregnancy.

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