558 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 14
rudrah—Lord Siva; patih—master; hi—certainly; bhutanam—of all living
entities; yasya— whose; akaravam—| have done; amhasam—offense.
TRANSLATION
The beautiful Diti said: My dear brahmana, kindly see that my embryo
is not killed by Lord Siva, the lord of all living entities, because of the
great offense which I have committed against him.
PURPORT
Diti was conscious of her offense and was anxious to be excused by
Lord Siva. Lord Siva has two popular names, Rudra and Aéutoga. He is
very prone to anger as well as quickly pacified. Diti knew that because of
his being quickly angered he might spoil the pregnancy she had so unlaw-
fully achieved. But because he was also Agutosa, she implored her
brahmana husband to help her in pacifying Lord Siva, for her husband
was a great devotee of Lord Siva. In other words, Lord Siva might have
been angry with Diti because she obliged her husband to transgress the
law, but he would not refuse her husband’s prayer. Therefore the
application for excuse was submitted through her husband. She prayed to
Lord Siva as follows.
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namo rudraya mahate
devayograya midhuse
Sivaya nyasta-dandaya
dhrta-dandaya manyave
namah—all obeisances unto; rudraya—unto the angry Lord Siva; mahate—
unto the great; devu@ya—unto the demigod; ugraya—unto the ferocious;
midhuse—unto the fulfiller of all material desires; sivaya—unto the all-
auspicious; nyasta-dandaya—unto the forgiving; dhrta-dandaya—unto the
immediate chastiser; manyave—unto the angry.
TRANSLATION
Let me offer my obeisances unto the angry Lord Siva, who is
simultaneously the very ferocious great demigod and the fulfiller of all
material desires. He is all-auspicious and forgiving, but his anger can
immediately move him to chastise.
