Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.18.54
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyFaithful Observance Shapes the Promised Result
“Kaśyapa Muni continued: If you perform this ceremony called puṁsavana, adhering to the vow with faith for at least one year, you will give birth to a son destined to kill Indra. But if there is any discrepancy in the discharge of this vow, the son will be a friend to Indra.”
What the purport teaches
- Kaśyapa Muni named the ceremony puṁsavana. Diti was to observe its vow with faith for at least one year.
- He said that observing the vow without discrepancy would bring a son destined to kill Indra.
- If there were any discrepancy, the son would instead become Indra’s friend. The two possible outcomes depended on how Diti discharged the vow.
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