Text 51]
Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
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whimsical about the form of the Lord, nor does he ever think that the Lord is impersonal and can assume a form desired by the nondevotee. The nondevotee has no idea of the form of the Lord, and thus he cannot think of any one of the above-mentioned forms. But whenever a devotee sees the Lord, he sees Him in a most beautifully decorated form, accompanied by His constant companion, the goddess of fortune, who is eternally beautiful.
TEXT 51
मैत्रेय उवाच
श्वत्वा भागवतं पौत्रममोदत दितिर्भृशम् । पुत्रयोश्च वर्ध कृष्णाद्विदित्वाऽऽसीन्यहामनाः ॥५१॥
maitreya uvāca śrutvā bhāgavatam pautram amodata ditir bhṛśam putrayoś ca vadham kṛṣṇād viditvāsīn mahā-manāḥ
maitreyaḥ uvāca—the sage Maitreya said; śrutvā—by hearing; bhāgavatam—to be a great devotee of the Lord; pautram—grandson; amodata—took pleasure; ditiḥ—Diti; bhṛśam—very greatly; putrayoḥ—of two sons; ca—also; vadham—the killing; kṛṣṇāt—by Kṛṣṇa; viditvā—knowing this; āsīt—became; mahā-manāḥ—highly pleased in mind.
TRANSLATION
Sage Maitreya said: Hearing that her grandson would be a great devotee and that her sons would be killed by Kṛṣṇa, Diti was highly pleased in mind.
PURPORT
Diti was very aggrieved to learn that because of her untimely pregnancy her sons would be demons and would fight with the Lord. But when she heard that her grandson would be a great devotee and that her two sons would be killed by the Lord, she was very satisfied. As the wife of a great sage and the daughter of a great  prajāpati , Dakṣa, she knew that being killed by the Personality of Godhead is a great fortune. Since the Lord is absolute, His acts of violence and nonviolence are both on the absolute platform. There is no difference in such acts of the Lord. Mundane violence and nonviolence have nothing to do with the Lord's acts. A demon killed by Him attains the same result as one who attains