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Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
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Lord Indra;  viṣṇunā —by Lord Viṣṇu;  manyunā —with anger;  śoka-diptena —kindled by lamentation;  jvalantī —burning;  paryacintayat —thought.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Just to help Indra, Lord Viṣṇu killed the two brothers Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu. Because of their being killed, their mother, Diti, overwhelmed with lamentation and anger, contemplated as follows.
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कदा नु भ्रावहन्तारमिन्द्रियाराममुल्बणम् । अङ्किन्नहृदयं पापं घातयित्वा शये सुखम् ॥२४॥
kadā nu bhrātṛ-hantāram indriyārāmam ulbaṇam aklinna-hṛdayam pāpam ghātayitvā śaye sukham
kadā —when;  nu —indeed;  bhrātṛ-hantāram —the killer of the brothers;  indriya-ārāmam —very fond of sense gratification;  ulbaṇam —cruel;  aklinna-hṛdayam —hardhearted;  pāpam —sinful;  ghātayitvā —having caused to be killed;  śaye —shall I rest;  sukham —happily.
TRANSLATION
Lord Indra, who is very much fond of sense gratification, has killed the two brothers Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu by means of Lord Viṣṇu. Therefore Indra is cruel, hardhearted and sinful. When will I, having killed him, rest with a pacified mind?
TEXT 25
क्रमिविड्भससंज्ञासीद्यस्येशाभिहितस्य च । भूतभुक् तत्कृते स्वार्थं किं वेद निरयो यतः ॥२५॥
kṛmi-viḍ-bhasma-saṁjñāsīd yasyeśābhihitasya ca