Text 4]
Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
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daitya-rājasya ca brahman kasmād dhetor abhūn mṛdhaḥ
tasya-Ilis; ca-also; uddharataḥ-while lifting; kṣauṇīm-the earth planet; sva-daṁṣṭra-agreṇa-by the edge of Ilis tusks; līlayā-in Ilis pastimes; daitya-rājasya-of the king of demons; ca-and; brahman-O brāhmaṇa; kasmāt-from what; hetoḥ-reason; abhūt-there was; mṛdhaḥ-fight.
TRANSLATION
What was the reason, O brāhmaṇa, for the fight between the demon king and the Lord Boar while the Lord was lifting the earth as His pastime?
TEXT 4
अदधानाय भक्ताय ब्रूहि तजन्मविस्तरम् । ऋषे न तृप्यति मनः परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥ ४ ॥
śraddadhānāya bhaktāya brūhi taj-janma-vistaram ṛṣe na tṛpyati manaḥ paraṁ kautūhalaṁ hi me
śraddadhānāya-unto a faithful person; bhaktāya-unto a devotee; brūhi-please narrate; tat-Ilis; janma-appearance; vistaram-in detail; ṛṣe-O great sage; na-not; tṛpyati-become satisfied; manaḥ-mind; param- very much; kautūhalam-inquisitive; hi-certainly; me-my.
TRANSLATION
My mind has become very inquisitive, and therefore I am not satisfied with hearing the narration of the Lord's appearance. Please, therefore, speak more and more to a devotee who is faithful.
PURPORT
One who is actually faithful and inquisitive is qualified to hear the transcendental pastimes of the appearance and disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vidura was a suitable candidate to receive such transcendental messages.