Text 10] Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening 537

master; nimlocati—while setting;arke—the sun; dsinam—sitting; agni-agare—
in the sacrificial hall; samahitam—completely in trance.

TRANSLATION

The sun was setting, and the sage was sitting in trance after offering
oblations to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, whose tongue
is the sacrificial fire.

PURPORT

Fire is considered to be the tongue of the Personality of Godhead Visnu,
and oblations of grains and clarified butter offered to the fire are thus
accepted by Him. That is the principle of all sacrifices, of which Lord Visnu
is the master. In other words, the satisfaction of Lord Visnu includes the
satisfaction of all demigods and other living beings.

TEXT 10
efaeara

ay at ache fay BI ATTA: |
gatfa cat fmry cearhia wag: 112 oll

ditir uvaca
esa mam tvatkrte vidvan
kama atta-sarasanah
dunoti dinam vikramya
rambham iva matangajah

ditih uvdca—beautiful iti said; esah—all these; mam—unto me; tvatkrle
—for you; vidvan—O learned one; kamah—Cupid; atta-Sardsanah —taking his
arrows; dunolti—distresses; dinam—poor me; vikramya—attacking; rambham
—banana tree; itva—like; matangajah—mad elephant.

TRANSLATION

In that place the beautiful Diti expressed her desire: O learned one,
Cupid is taking his arrows and distressing me forcibly, as a mad elephant
troubles a banana tree.

PURPORT

Beautiful Diti, seeing her husband absorbed in trance, began to speak
loudly, not attempting to attract him by bodily expressions. She frankly
said that her whole body was distressed by sex desire because of her
husband’s presence, just as a banana tree is troubled by a mad elephant.
