574 Srimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 3, Ch. 15

devotees are called demigods. No sane man or woman can tolerate the
nondevolees’ giving trouble to devotees. Diti, therefore, was reluctant to
give birth to her babies; she waited for one hundred years so that at least
she could save the demigods from the disturbance for that period.

TEXT 2

RH ATCA Stee eta: |
TACT TH aaa AMT I 2 1

loke tenahataloke
loka-pala hataujasah
nyavedayan visva-srje
dhvanta-vyatikaram disam

loke—within this universe; fena—by the force of the pregnancy of
Diti; ahata—being devoid of; aloke—light; loka-palah—the demigods
of various planets; hata-ojasah— whose prowess was diminished; nyaveda-
yan—asked; visva-srje—Brahma; dhvdnta-vyatikaram—expansion of dark-
ness; digam—in all directions.

TRANSLATION

By the force of the pregnancy of Diti, the light of the sun and moon
was impaired in all the planets, and the demigods of various planets,
being so disturbed by that force, asked the creator of the universe,
Brahma, “What is this expansion of darkness in all directions?”

PURPORT

It appears from this verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam that the sun is the
source of light in all the planets in the universe. The modern scientific
theory which states that there are many suns in cach universe is not
supported by this verse. It is understood that there is only one sun in
each universe which supplies light to all the planets. In Bhagavad-gita
the moon is also stated to be one of the stars. There are many stars, and
when we see them glittering at night we can understand that they are
reflectors of light; just as moonlight is the reflection of sunlight,
similarly other planets also reflect sunlight, and there are many other
planets which cannot be seen by our naked eyes. The demoniac influence
of the sons in the womb of Diti expanded darkness throughout the
universe.
