Text 34] Diti Vows to Kill King Indra 231

Sri-kaSyapa uvdca
varam varaya vamoru
pritas te "ham anindite
striya bhartari suprite
P kah kama iha cégamah
Sri-kasyapah uvaca—Kasyapa Muni said; varam—benediction;
varaya—ask; vamoru—O beautiful woman; pritah—pleased; te—with
you; aham—I; anindite—O irreproachable lady; striyah—for the
woman; bhartari—when the husband; su-prite—pleased; kah—what;
kamah—desire; iha—here; ca—and; agamah—difficult to obtain.

TRANSLATION

Kasyapa Muni said: O beautiful woman, O irreproachable lady,
since I am very much pleased by your behavior, you may ask me
for any benediction you want. If a husband is pleased, what desires
are difficult for his wife to obtain, either in this world or in the
next?

TEXTS 33-34
qfrea Hato Sad Tot aay |
WAR: ATTA Aaa: Bra: aa: 1123
a aq Balsqaewsated: |
IT ATTY Tea: A fits TAS TTS UV
patir eva hi narinam
daivatam paramam smrtam

manasah sarva-bhitanam
vasudevah sriyah patih

sa eva devata-lingair
ndma-riipa-vikalpitaih

yyate bhagavan pumbhih
stribhis ca pati-riipa-dhrk

patih—the husband; eva—indeed; hi—certainly; naériném—of
women; daivatam—demigod; paramam—supreme; smrtam—is
