Text 41] Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening 563

PURPORT

Demoniac activities are predominant when innocent, faultless living
entities are killed, women are tortured, and the great souls engaged in
Krsna consciousness are enraged. In a demoniac society, innocent animals
are killed to satisfy the tongue, and women are tortured by unnecessary
sexual indulgence. Where there are women and meat, there must be
liquor and sex indulgence. When these are prominent in society, by God’s
grace one can expect a change in the social order by the Lord Himself or
by His bona fide representative.

TEXT 41

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Pryce at AATITS 11821

tada visvesvarah kruddho
bhagaval loka-bhavanah

hanisyaty avatiryasau
yathadrin sataparvadhrk

tada—at that time; visvesvarah—the Lord of the universe; kruddhah—in
great anger; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; loka-
bhavanah—desiring the welfare of the people in general; hanisyati—will
kill; avatirya—descending Himself;asau—He; yatha—as if; adrin—the moun-
tains; sataparva-dhrk—the controller of the thunderbolt (Indra).

TRANSLATION

At that time the Lord of the universe, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, who is the well-wisher of all living entities, will descend and
kill them, just as Indra smashes the mountains with his thunderbolts.

PURPORT

As stated in Bhagavad-gita (lg. 4.8), the Lord descends as an incarna-
tion to deliver the devotees and kill the miscreants. The Lord of the
universe and of everything would appear to kill the sons of Diti because of
their offending the devotees of the Lord. There are many agents of the
Lord, such as Indra, Candra, Varuna, goddess Durga, and Kali, who can
chastise any formidable miscreants in the world. The example of
mountains being smashed by a thunderbolt is very appropriate. The
mountain is considered to be the most strongly built body within the
