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Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
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firmed in  Bhagavad-gītā .  Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt : even practicing the Vaiṣṇava principles to a small extent can save one from the greatest danger of material existence. Thus Kaśyapa Muni planned to instruct his wife Diti to become a Vaiṣṇava because he wanted to save the life of Indra.
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इति संचिन्त्य भगवान्मारीचः कुरुनन्दन । उवाचकिञ्चित् कुपित आत्मानं च विगर्हयन् ॥४४॥
iti sañcintya bhagavān mārīcaḥ kurunandana uvāca kiñcit kupita ātmānam ca vigarhayan
iti —thus;  sañcintya —thinking;  bhagavān —the powerful;  mārīcaḥ —Kaśyapa Muni;  kuru-nandana —O descendant of Kuru;  uvāca —spoke;  kiñcit —somewhat;  kupitaḥ —angry;  ātmānam —himself;  ca —and;  vigarhayan —condemning.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvānī said: Kaśyapa Muni, thinking in this way, became somewhat angry. Condemning himself, O Mahārāja Parikṣit, descendant of Kuru, he spoke to Diti as follows.
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श्रीकृत्यप उवाच
पुत्रस्ते भविता भद्रे इन्द्रहादेवबान्धवः । संवत्सरं व्रतमिदं यद्यज्ञो धारयिष्यसि ॥४५॥
śrī-kaśyapa uvāca putras te bhavitā bhadre indra-hādeva-bāndhavaḥ saṁvatsaraṁ vratam idaṁ yady añjo dhārayiṣyasi