Text 24] The Killing of the Demon Hiranyaksa 737

vasudevah sarvam iti—the Supreme Lord is the ultimate cnjoyer of every-
thing. That is the perfection of all sacrifice.

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tada@ diteh samabhavat
sahasé hrdi vepathuh

smarantyd bhartur ddesam
slande casrk prasusruve

lada—at that moment; diteh—of Diti; samabhavalt—occurred; sahasa—
suddenly; Ardi—in the heart; vepathuh—a shudder; smarantyah—recalling;
bharluh—of her husband, Kasyapa; adesam—the words; stanat—from her
breast; ca—and; asrj—blood; prasusruve—flowed.

TRANSLATION

At that very moment a shudder suddenly ran through the heart of Diti,
the mother of Hiranyaksa. She recalled the words of her husband, Kasyapa,
and blood flowed from her breasts.

PURPORT

At Hiranyakga’s last moment, his mother, Diti, remembered what her
husband had said. Although her sons would be demons, they would have
the advantage of being killed by the Personality of Godhead Himself. She
remembered this incident by the grace of the Lord, and her breasts flowed
blood instead of milk. In many instances we find that when a mother is
moved by affection for her sons, milk flows from her breasts. In the case
of the demon’s mother, the blood could not transform into milk, but it
flowed down her breasts as it was. Blood transforms into milk. To drink
milk is auspicious, but to drink blood is inauspicious, although they are
one and the same thing. This formula is applicable in the case of cow's
milk also.

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