CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Description of the Kingdom of God

TEXT 1

aaa sare
mame g ata: Wasted fafa: |
Tae asifiy Td TEA FTAA Nl & Ul

maitreya wvaca
prajapatyam tu tat tejah
paratejohanam ditih
dadhara varsani satam
Sankamana surardanat

maitreyah uvaca—the sage Maitreya said; prajapatyam—of the great
Prajapati; fu—but; tat tejah—his powerful semina; para-tejah—others’
prowess; hanam—troubling; ditih—Diti (Kasyapa’s wife); dadha@ra—bore;,
varsani—years; Satam—hundred; sankamana—being doubtful; sura-ardandt—
disturbing to the demigods.

TRANSLATION

Sri Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, Diti, the wife of Sage Kagyapa, could
understand that the sons within her womb would be a cause of disturbance
to the demigods. As such, she continually bore the powerful semina of
Kagyapa Muni, which was meant to give trouble to others, for one hundred
years.

PURPORT

The great sage Sti Maitreya was explaining to Vidura about the activities
of the demigods, including Lord Brahma. When Diti heard from her hus-
band that the sons she bore within her abdomen would be causes of distur-
bances to the demigods, she was not very happy. There are two classes of
men—devotees and nondevotees. Nondevotees are called demons, and

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