Texts 44-45]
Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
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however, when His devotee simply becomes sorry. A devotee of the Lord never prays to the Lord to appear for the sake of the troubles the miscreants cause for him, and he never bothers Him by asking for protection. Rather, the Lord is anxious to give protection to the devotees. Diti knew well that the killing of her sons by the Lord would also be His mercy, and therefore she says that the wheel and arms of the Lord are magnanimous. If someone is killed by the wheel of the Lord and is thus fortunate enough to see the arms of the Lord, that is sufficient for his liberation. Such good fortune is not achieved even by the great sages.
TEXT 43
न ब्रह्मदण्डदग्धस्य न भूतभयदस्य च । नारकाश्वानुगृह्णन्ति यां यां योनिमसौ गतः ॥४३॥
na brahma-daṇḍa-dagdhasya na bhūta-bhayadasya ca nārakāś cānugrhṇanti yām yām yonim asau gataḥ
na—never; brahma-daṇḍa—punishment by a brāhmaṇa; dagdhasya—of one who is so punished; na—neither; bhūta-bhayadasya—of one who is always fearful to the living entities; ca—also; nārakāḥ—those condemned to hell; ca—also; anugrhṇanti—do any favor; yām yām—whichever; yonim—species of life; asau—the offender; gataḥ—goes.
TRANSLATION
A person who is condemned by a brāhmaṇa or is always fearful to other living entities is not favored either by those who are already in hell or by those in the species in which he is born.
PURPORT
A practical example of a condemned species of life is the dog. Dogs are so condemned that they never show any sympathy to their contemporaries.
TEXTS 44-45
करयप उवाच
कृतशोकानुतापेन सद्यः प्रत्यवमर्शनात् । भगवत्युरुमानाच्च भवे मय्यपि चादरात् ॥४४॥ पुत्रस्यैव च पुत्राणां भवितैकः सतां मतः । गास्यन्ति यद्यशः शुद्धं भगवद्यशसा समम् ॥४५॥