Text 71] Diti Vows to Kill King Indra 261

ekah sankalpitah putrah
sapta saptabhavan katham

yadi te viditarn putra
satyam kathaya ma mrsa

ekah—one; sarkalpitah—was prayed for; putrah—son; sapta
sapta—forty-nine; abhavan—came to be; katham—how; yadi—if;
te—by you; viditam—known; putra—my dear son; satyam—the truth;
kathaya—speak; ma—do not (speak); mrsd—lies.

TRANSLATION

I prayed for only one son, but now I see that there are forty-
nine. How has this happened? My dear son Indra, if you know,
please tell me the truth. Do not try to speak lies.

TEXT 71
rz Tay
arg ase saatragraaladslaey |

wqedstat waa TAC ihezit

indra uvaca
amba te *harh vyavasitam
upadharydgato ’ntikam
labdhantaro ’cchidam garbham
artha-buddhir na dharma-drk

indrah uvaca—Indra said; amba—O mother; te—your; aham—I;
vyavasitam —vow; upadharya—understanding; § dadgatah—came;
antikam—nearby; labdha—having found; antarah—a fault; ac-
chidam—I cut; garbham—the embryo; artha-buddhih—being self-

interested; na—not; dharma-drk—possessing vision of religion.

TRANSLATION

Indra replied: My dear mother, because I was grossly blinded by
selfish interests, I lost sight of religion. When I understood that
you were observing a great vow in spiritual life, | wanted to find
