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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 18]
indreṇa sahitān devī paryatuṣyad aninditā
ditiḥ—Diti; utthāya—getting up; dadṛśe—saw; kumārān—children; anala-prabhān—as brilliant as fire; indreṇa sahitān—with Indra; devī—the goddess; paryatuṣyat—was pleased; aninditā—being purified.
TRANSLATION
Because of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Diti was completely purified. When she got up from bed, she saw her forty-nine sons along with Indra. These forty-nine sons were all as brilliant as fire and were in friendship with Indra, and therefore she was very pleased.
TEXT 69
अथेन्द्रमाह ताताहमादित्यानां भयावहम् । अपत्यमिच्छन्त्यचरं व्रतमेतत्सुदुष्करम् ॥६९॥
athendram āha tātāham ādityānām bhayāvaham apatyam icchanty acaram vratam etat suduṣkaram
atha—thereafter; indram—to Indra; āha—spoke; tāta—dear one; aham—I; ādityānām—to the Ādityas; bhaya-āvaham—fearful; apatyam—a son; icchantī—desiring; acaram—executed; vratam—vow; etat—this; su-duṣkaram—very difficult to perform.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, Diti said to Indra: My dear son, I adhered to this difficult vow just to get a son to kill you twelve Ādityas.
TEXT 70
एकः सङ्कल्पितः पुत्रः सप्त सप्ताभवन् कथम् । यदि ते विदितं पुत्र सत्यं कथय मा मृषा ॥७०॥