242 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 18
TRANSLATION

I promised to give her a benediction, and this promise cannot be
violated, but Indra does not deserve to be killed. In these circum-
stances, the solution I have is quite suitable.

PURPORT

Kasyapa Muni concluded, “Diti is eager to have a son who can kill In-
dra, since she is a woman, after all, and is not very intelligent. I shall
train her in such a way that instead of always thinking of how to kill In-
dra, she will become a Vaisnava, a devotee of Krsna. If she agrees to
follow the rules and regulations of the Vaisnava principles, the unclean
core of her heart will certainly be cleansed.” Ceto-darpana-marjanam.
This is the process of devotional service. Anyone can be purified by
following the principles of devotional service in Krsna consciousness, for
Krsna consciousness is so powerful that it can purify even the dirtiest
class of men and transform them into the topmost Vaisnavas. Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s movement aims at this purpose. Narottama dasa
Thakura says:

vrajendra-nandana yei, §aci-suta haila sei,
balardma ha-ila nitai
dina-hina yata chila, hari-ndme uddharila,
ta’ra saksi jagai-madhai

The appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in this Kali-yuga is
especially meant to deliver the fallen souls, who are always planning
something for material enjoyment. He gave the people of this age the ad-
vantage of being able to chant the Hare Krsna mantra and thus become
fully pure, free from all material contamination. Once one becomes a
pure Vaisnava, he transcends all material conceptions of life. Thus
Kasyapa Muni tried to transform his wife into a Vaisnavi so that she
might give up the idea of killing Indra. He wanted both her and her sons
to be purified so that they would be fit to become pure Vaisnavas. Of
course, sometimes a practitioner deviates from the Vaisnava principles,
and there is a chance that he may fall down, but Kasyapa Muni thought
that even if one falls while practicing the Vaisnava principles, he is still
not a loser. Even a fallen Vaisnava is eligible for better results, as con-
