Text 58]
Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
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wanted to break Diti's promise. Thus he engaged himself in the service of Diti, his aunt, who was residing in an āśrama.
TEXT 57
नित्यं वनात्सुमनसः फलमूलसमित्कुशान् । पत्राङ्कुरमृदोऽपश्च काले काल उपाहरत् ॥५७॥
nityam vanāt sumanasaḥ phala-mūla-samit-kuśān patrāṅkura-mṛdo 'paś ca kāle kāla upāharat
nityam—daily; vanāt—from the forest; sumanasaḥ—flowers; phala—fruits; mūla—roots; samit—wood for the sacrificial fire; kuśān—and kuśa grass; patra—leaves; aṅkura—sprouts; mṛdaḥ—and earth; apaḥ—water; ca—also; kāle kāle—at the proper time; upāharat—brought.
TRANSLATION
Indra served his aunt daily by bringing flowers, fruits, roots and wood for yajñas from the forest. He also brought kuśa grass, leaves, sprouts, earth and water exactly at the proper time.
TEXT 58
एवं तस्या व्रतस्थाया व्रतच्छिद्रं हरिर्नृप । प्रेप्सुः पर्यचरजिह्वा मृगहेव मृगाकृतिः ॥५८॥
evam tasyā vrata-sthāyā vrata-cchidram harir nṛpa prepsuḥ paryacaraj jihmo mṛga-heva mṛgākṛtiḥ
evam—thus; tasyāḥ—of her; vrata-sthāyāḥ—who was faithfully discharging her vow; vrata-chidram—a fault in the execution of the vow; hariḥ—Indra; nṛpa—O King; prepsuḥ—desiring to find; paryacarat—