Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind

Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra. Text 23

श्रीशुक उवाच
हतपुत्रा दितिः शक्र पार्ष्णिग्राहेण विष्णुना ।
मन्युना शोकदीप्तेन ज्वलन्ती पर्यचिन्तयत् ॥२३॥

Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
hata-putrÄ ditiḥ Å›akra-
pÄrṣṇi-grÄheṇa viṣṇunÄ
manyunÄ Å›oka-dÄ«ptena
jvalantī paryacintayat

 Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; hata-putrÄ - whose sons were killed; ditiḥ - Diti; Å›akra-pÄrṣṇi-grÄheṇa - who was helping Lord Indra; viṣṇunÄ - by Lord Viṣṇu; manyunÄ - with anger; Å›oka-dÄ«ptena - kindled by lamentation; jvalantÄ« - burning; paryacintayat - thought.


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ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: Just to help Indra, Lord Viṣṇu killed the two brothers HiraṇyÄká¹£a and HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu. Because of their being killed, their mother, Diti, overwhelmed with lamentation and anger, contemplated as follows.

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