Text 25] Diti Vows to Kill King Indra 225

Lord Indra; visnund—by Lord Visnu; manyund—with anger; Soka-
diptena—kindled by lamentation; jvalanti—burning; paryacintayat—
thought.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Just to help Indra, Lord Visnu
killed the two brothers Hiranyaksa and Hiranyakasipu. Because of
their being killed, their mother, Diti, overwhelmed with lamenta-
tion and anger, contemplated as follows.

TEXT 24
HA F Waray |
HTS Tt Ta TA TAT UR!

kadé nu bhratr-hantaram
indriyaramam ulbanam

aklinna-hrdayam pdparh
ghatayitva Saye sukham

kada—when; nu—indeed; bhratr-hantaram—the killer of the
brothers; indriya-dramam—very fond of sense __ gratification;
ulbanam—cruel; aklinna-hrdayam—hardhearted; pdpam—sinful;
ghatayitva —having caused to be killed; saye—shall I rest; sukham—
happily.

TRANSLATION

Lord Indra, who is very much fond of sense gratification, has
killed the two brothers Hiranyaksa and Hiranyakasipu by means of
Lord Visnu. Therefore Indra is cruel, hardhearted and sinful.
When will I, having killed him, rest with a pacified mind?

TEXT 25

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qT aeea Ord FS 8c Pre aa II

krmi-vid-bhasma-samjnasid
yasyesabhihitasya ca
