Text 34]
Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
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śrī-kaśyapa uvāca varam varaya vāmoru prītas te 'ham anindite striyā bhartari suprīte kaḥ kāma iha cāgamaḥ
śrī-kaśyapaḥ uvāca—Kaśyapa Muni said; varam—benediction; varaya—ask; vāmoru—O beautiful woman; prītaḥ—pleased; te—with you; aham—I; anindite—O irreproachable lady; striyāḥ—for the woman; bhartari—when the husband; su-prīte—pleased; kaḥ—what; kāmaḥ—desire; iha—here; ca—and; agamaḥ—difficult to obtain.
TRANSLATION
Kaśyapa Muni said: O beautiful woman, O irreproachable lady, since I am very much pleased by your behavior, you may ask me for any benediction you want. If a husband is pleased, what desires are difficult for his wife to obtain, either in this world or in the next?
TEXTS 33-34
पतिरेव हि नारीणां दैवतं परमं स्मृतम् । मानसः सर्वभूतानां वासुदेवः श्रियः पतिः ॥३३॥ स एव देवतात्त्रिं नामरूपविकल्पितैः । इज्यते मगवान् पुम्भिः स्त्रीमिश्र पतिरूपधृक् ॥३४॥
patir eva hi nārīṇām daivatam paramam smṛtam mānasaḥ sarva-bhūtānām vāsudevaḥ śriyaḥ patiḥ
sa eva devatā-lingair nāma-rūpa-vikalpitaiḥ ijyate bhagavān pumbhiḥ strībhiś ca pati-rūpa-dhṛk
patiḥ—the husband; eva—indeed; hi—certainly; nārīṇām—of women; daivatam—demigod; paramam—supreme; smṛtam—is