CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

The Supreme Lord
Agrees to Become Aditi’s Son

As explained in this chapter, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, being
very pleased by the payo-vrata ceremony performed by Aditi, appeared
before her in full opulence. At her request, the Lord agreed to become
her son.

After Aditi performed the payo-vrata ceremony for twelve continuous
days, the Lord, who was certainly very pleased with her, appeared before
her with four hands and dressed in yellow garments. As soon as Aditi
saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead present before her, she im-
mediately got up, and with great ecstatic love for the Lord she fell to the
ground to offer respectful obeisances. Aditi’s throat was choked because
of ecstatic feelings, and her entire body trembled with devotion. Al-
though she wanted to offer suitable prayers to the Lord, she could not do
anything, and thus she remained silent for some time. Then, feeling
solace, observing the beauty of the Lord, she offered her prayers. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul of all living entities, was
very pleased with her, and He agreed to become her son by incarnating
as a plenary expansion. He was already pleased by Kasyapa Muni’s
austerities, and thus He agreed to become their son and maintain the
demigods. After giving His word of honor to this effect, the Lord disap-
peared. Following the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Aditi engaged in the service of Kasyapa Muni, who could see by samadhi
that the Lord was within him and who thus placed his semen in the
womb of Aditi. Lord Brahma, who is known as Hiranyagarbha, under-
stood that the Supreme Personality of Godhead had entered Aditi’s
womb. Thus he offered prayers to the Lord.

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