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Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
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first body was one, and when it was cut into many pieces, many other living entities entered the new bodies.
TEXT 63
तमूचुः पाद्यमानास्ते सर्वे प्राञ्जलयो नृप । किं न इन्द्र जिघांससि भ्रातरो मरुतस्तत्र ॥६३॥
tam ūcuḥ pāṭyamānās te sarve prāñjalayo nṛpa kim na indra jighāmsasi bhrātaro marutas tava
tam —to him;  ūcuḥ —said;  pāṭyamānāḥ —being aggrieved;  te —they;  sarve —all;  prāñjalayaḥ —with folded hands;  nṛpa —O King;  kim —why;  naḥ —us;  indra —O Indra;  jighāmsasi —do you want to kill;  bhrātaraḥ —brothers;  marutaḥ —Maruts;  tava —your.
TRANSLATION
O King, being very much aggrieved, they pleaded to Indra with folded hands, saying, “Dear Indra, we are the Maruts, your brothers. Why are you trying to kill us?”
TEXT 64
मा भैष्ट भ्रातरो महं यूयमित्याह कौशिकः । अनन्यभावान् पार्षदानात्मनो मरुतां गणान् ॥६४॥
mā bhaiṣṭa bhrātaro mahyam yūyam ity āha kauśikaḥ ananya-bhāvān pārṣadān ātmano marutām gaṇān
mā bhaiṣṭa —do not fear;  bhrātaraḥ —brothers;  mahyam —my;  yūyam —you;  iti —thus;  āha —said;  kauśikaḥ —Indra;  ananya-bhāvān —devoted;  pārṣadān —followers;  ātmanaḥ —his;  marutām gaṇān —the Maruts.