Text 36] Diti Vows to Kill King Indra 233

band and wife are attached to one another for advancement in Krsna
consciousness, their relationship of cooperation is very effective for such
advancement. Although the names of Indra and Agni are sometimes ut-
tered in the Vedic mantras (indraya svaha, agnaye svaha), the Vedic
sacrifices are actually performed for the satisfaction of Lord Visnu. As
long as one is very much attached to material sense gratification, the wor-
ship of the demigods or the worship of one’s husband is recommended.

TEXT 35
PARUTAT AM: ATA: TET |
THAIS WAAL 1341

tasmat pati-vrata naryah
Sreyas-kamah sumadhyame

yajante ’nanya-bhavena
patim atmanam isvaram

tasmat—therefore; pati-vratah—devoted to the husband; naryah—
women; sreyah-kémah—conscientious; su-madhyame—O thin-waisted
woman; yajante—worship; ananya-bhdvena—with devotion; patim—
the husband; atmaénam—the Supersoul; isvaram—representative of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

My dear wife, whose body is so beautiful, your waist being thin,
a conscientious wife should be chaste and should abide by the or-
ders of her husband. She should very devoutly worship her hus-
band as a representative of Vasudeva.

TEXT 36

aisé TUR ae sera afer: |
Ha aed amadtat qzeay 11241

so "ham tvayarcito bhadre
idrg-bhavena bhaktitah
