Text 36] Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening 559

PURPORT

Diti prayed for the mercy of Lord Siva very cleverly. She prayed:
“The lord can cause me to cry, but if he likes he can also stop my crying
because he is Agutosa. He is so great that if he likes he can immediately
destroy my pregnancy, but by his mercy he can also fulfill my desire that
my pregnancy not be spoiled. Because he is all-auspicious, it is not
difficult for him to excuse me from being punished, although he is now
ready to punish me because | have moved his great anger. He appears
like a man, but he is the lord of all men.”

TEXT 36

a a: ceteat art waatgue: |
SHTTATAGHETT AT AT AT: TATA: 1131

sa nah prasidatam bhamo
bhagavan urv-anugrahah
vyadhasyapy anukampyanam
strinam devah satipatih
sah—he; nah—with us; prasidatam—be pleased; bhamah—brother-in-law;
bhagavan—the personality of all opulences; uru—very great; anugrahah—
merciful; vyadhasya—of the hunter; api—also; anukampyanam—of the ob-
jects of mercy; strinam—of the women; devah—the worshipable lord; sati-

patih—husband of Sati (the chaste).

TRANSLATION

Let him be pleased with us, since he is my brother-in-law, the husband
of my sister Sati. He is also the worshipable lord of all women. He is the
personality of all opulences and can show mercy towards women, who are
excused even by the uncivilized hunters.

PURPORT

Lord Siva is the husband of Sati, one of the sisters of Diti. Diti invoked
the pleasure of her sister Sati so that she would request her husband to
excuse her; besides that, Lord Siva is the worshipable lord of all women.
He is naturally very kind towards women, on whom even the uncivilized
hunters also show their mercy. Since Lord Siva is himself associated with
women, he knows very well their defective nature, and he might not take
very seriously Diti’s unavoidable offense, which occurred due to her faulty
nature. Every virgin girl is supposed to be a devotee of Lord Siva. Diti
remembered her childhood worship of Lord Siva and begged his mercy.
