256 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 18
PURPORT
A perfectly successful yogi is expert in eight kinds of perfection. By
one of them, called anima-siddhi, he can become smaller than an atom,
and in that state he can enter anywhere. With this yogic power, Indra en-
tered the womb of Diti while she was pregnant.
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Gard AHAB AT Teta aT FA NER
cakarta saptadha garbharn
vajrena kanaka-prabham
rudantam saptadhaikaikam
ma rodir iti tan punah
cakarta—he cut; sapta-dha—into seven pieces; garbham—the
embryo; vajrena—by his thunderbolt; kanaka—of gold; prabham—
which had the appearance; rudantam—crying; sapta-dha—into seven
pieces; eka-ekam—each one; ma rodih—do not cry; iti—thus; tan—
them; punah—again.
TRANSLATION
After entering Diti’s womb, Indra, with the help of his thunder-
bolt, cut into seven pieces her embryo, which appeared like
glowing gold. In seven places, seven different living beings began
crying. Indra told them, “‘Do not ery,”’ and then he cut each of
them into seven pieces again.
PURPORT
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that Indra, by his yogic
power, first expanded the body of the one Marut into seven, and then
when he cut each of the seven parts of the original body into pieces, there
were forty-nine. When each body was cut into seven, other living entities
entered the new bodies, and thus they were like plants, which become
separate entities when cut into various parts and planted on a hill. The
