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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 16]
TRANSLATION
Therefore, most gentle lord, kindly favor your maidservant. We have now been deprived of our opulence and residence by our competitors, the demons. Kindly give us protection.
PURPORT
Aditi, the mother of the demigods, appealed to Kaśyapa Muni to give the demigods protection. When we speak of the demigods, this also includes their mother.
TEXT 16
परैर्विवासिता साहं मग्ना व्यसनसागरे । ऐश्वर्यं श्रीर्यशः स्थानं हृतानि प्रबलैर्मम ॥१६॥
parair vivāsitā sāham magnā vyasana-sāgare aiśvaryam śrīr yaśaḥ sthānam hṛtāni prabalair mama
paraiḥ —by our enemies;  vivāsitā —taken away from our residential quarters;  sā —the same;  aham —I;  magnā —drowned;  vyasana-sāgare —in an ocean of trouble;  aiśvaryam —opulence;  śrīḥ —beauty;  yaśaḥ —reputation;  sthānam —place;  hṛtāni —all taken away;  prabalaiḥ —very powerful;  mama —my.
TRANSLATION
The demons, our formidably powerful enemies, have taken away our opulence, our beauty, our fame and even our residence. Indeed, we have now been exiled, and we are drowning in an ocean of trouble.
TEXT 17
यथा तानि पुनः साधो प्रपद्येरन् ममात्मजाः । तथा विधेहि कल्याणं धिया कल्याणकृत्तम ॥१७॥
yathā tāni punaḥ sādho prapadyeran mamātmajāḥ