Text 64] Diti Vows to Kill King Indra 257

first body was one, and when it was cut into many pieces, many other liv-
ing entities entered the new bodies.

TEXT 63

TTT: TAMARA Al WHA FT|
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tam iicuh patyamanas te
sarve praijalayo nrpa
kirh na indra jighamsasi
bhrataro marutas tava

tam—to him; ticuh—said; patyamanah—being aggrieved; te—they:
sarve—all; praijalayah—with folded hands; nrpa—O King; kim—
why; nah—us; indra—O Indra; jighamsasi—do you want to kill:
bhratarah—brothers; marutah—Maruts; tava—your.

TRANSLATION

O King, being very much aggrieved, they pleaded to Indra with
folded hands, saying, “‘Dear Indra, we are the Maruts, your
brothers. Why are you trying to kill us?”

TEXT 64

at te mat ae Jafrere Bifere: |
HATTA TATA AeA TOT 1G VI

m4 bhaista bhrataro mahyam
yityam ity aha kausikah

ananya-bhavan parsadan
atmano marutam ganan

ma bhaista—do not fear; bhrdtarah—brothers; mahyam—my:
yiiyam—you; iti—thus; Gha—said; kausikah—Indra; ananya-
bhavan—devoted; pdarsadan—followers; Gtmanah—his; marutam
gandn—the Maruts.
