Text 73] Diti Vows to Kill King Indra 263
pieces again. By the grace of the Supreme Lord, however, none of
them died.
TEXT 73
qomerenad ater Sarit | aT |
mergerrarm: fate: arearayizaht hoz
tatas tat paramdscaryam
viksya vyavasitam maya
mahdapurusa-pijayah
siddhih kapy dnusangini
tatah—then; tat—that; parama-dGscaryam—great wonder; viksya—
seeing; vyavasitam—it was decided; maya—by me; mahd-purusa—of
Lord Visnu; pijayah—of worship; siddhih—result; kapi—some;
dnusarngini—secondary.
TRANSLATION
My dear mother, when I saw that all forty-nine sons were alive, I
was certainly struck with wonder. I decided that this was a second-
ary result of your having regularly executed devotional service in
worship of Lord Visnu.
PURPORT
For one who engages in worshiping Lord Visnu, nothing is very won-
derful. This is a fact. In Bhagavad-gita (18.78) it is said:
yatra yogesvarah krsno
yatra partho dhanur-dharah
tatra Srir vijayo bhitir
dhruva nitir matir mama
“Wherever there is Krsna, the master of all mystics, and wherever there
is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, vic-
tory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion.” Yogesvara
is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all mystic yoga,
