iti - thus; sañcintya - thinking; bhagavān - the powerful; mārīcaḥ - Kaśyapa Muni; kuru-nandana - O descendant of Kuru; uvāca - spoke; kiñcit - somewhat; kupitaḥ - angry; ātmānam - himself; ca - and; vigarhayan - condemning.

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Kaśyapa Muni, thinking in this way, became somewhat angry. Condemning himself, O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, descendant of Kuru, he spoke to Diti as follows.