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Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
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master;  nimlocati —while setting;  arke —the sun;  āsīnam —sitting;  agni-agāre —in the sacrificial hall;  samāhitam —completely in trance.
TRANSLATION
The sun was setting, and the sage was sitting in trance after offering oblations to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, whose tongue is the sacrificial fire.
PURPORT
Fire is considered to be the tongue of the Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu, and oblations of grains and clarified butter offered to the fire are thus accepted by Him. That is the principle of all sacrifices, of which Lord Viṣṇu is the master. In other words, the satisfaction of Lord Viṣṇu includes the satisfaction of all demigods and other living beings.
TEXT 10
दितिरुवाच
एष मां त्वत्कृते विद्वन् काम अत्तशरासनः । दुनोति दीनां विक्रम्य रम्भामिव मतङ्गजः ॥१०॥
ditir uvāca   eṣa mām tvatkṛte vidvan   kāma ātta-śarāsanaḥ   dunoti dīnām vikramya   rambhām iva mataṅgajaḥ
ditiḥ uvāca —beautiful Diti said;  eṣaḥ —all these;  mām —unto me;  tvatkṛte —for you;  vidvan —O learned one;  kāmaḥ —Cupid;  ātta-śarāsanaḥ —taking his arrows;  dunoti —distresses;  dīnām —poor me;  vikramya —attacking;  rambhām —banana tree;  iva —like;  mataṅgajaḥ —mad elephant.
TRANSLATION
In that place the beautiful Diti expressed her desire: O learned one, Cupid is taking his arrows and distressing me forcibly, as a mad elephant troubles a banana tree.
PURPORT
Beautiful Diti, seeing her husband absorbed in trance, began to speak loudly, not attempting to attract him by bodily expressions. She frankly said that her whole body was distressed by sex desire because of her husband's presence, just as a banana tree is troubled by a mad elephant.