Text 58] Diti Vows to Kill King Indra 253
wanted to break Diti’s promise. Thus he engaged himself in the
service of Diti, his aunt, who was residing in an asrama.
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TURAITA HS WMS TUNE 491
nityam vanat sumanasah
phala-mila-samit-kusan
patrankura-mrdo ‘pas ca
kale kala upaharat
nityam—daily; vanat—from the forest; sumanasah—flowers;
phala—fruits; mila—roots; samit—wood for the sacrificial fire;
kusdn—and kusa grass; patra—leaves; arikura—sprouts; mrdah—and
earth; apah—water; ca—also; kale kale—at the proper time;
updharat—brought.
TRANSLATION
Indra served his aunt daily by bringing flowers, fruits, roots and
wood for yajfias from the forest. He also brought kuSa grass,
leaves, sprouts, earth and water exactly at the proper time.
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evam tasya vrata-sthaya
vrata-cchidram harir nrpa
prepsuh paryacaraj jihmo
mrga-heva mrgakrtih
evam—thus; tasyah—of her; vrata-sthayah—who was faithfully dis-
charging her vow; vrata-chidram—a fault in the execution of the vow;
harih—Indra; nrpa—O King; prepsuh—desiring to find; paryacarat—
