1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min

Study a Verse

Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.

Or browse by canto and chapter
Canto

Canto 3 · The Status Quo · 33 chapters

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233

Choose a chapter to see all its verses.

How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
Read the full guide: how to hear the Bhāgavatam ›
Canto 3 · Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
3.14.323.14.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.14.33

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 3.14.30inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

दितिस्तु व्रीडिता तेन कर्मावद्येन भारत ।

उपसङ्गम्य विप्रर्षिमधोमुख्यभ्यभाषत ॥ ३३ ॥

ditis tu vrīḍitā tena

karmāvadyena bhārata

upasaṅgamya viprarṣim

adho-mukhy abhyabhāṣata

Translation

O son of the Bharata family, Diti, after this, went nearer to her husband, her face lowered because of her faulty action. She spoke as follows.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
1

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Recognizing Fault After Desire Subsides

  1. 1

    Diti approached her husband with her face lowered because of her faulty action. Her outward posture expressed her shame.

  2. 2

    The purport explains that Diti came to her senses after the act. She now recognized the fault in what she had done.

  3. 3

    Marriage alone does not make sexual activity proper. The purport strongly condemns sexual intercourse when the prescribed regulations are not followed.

Key points from the purport
  • When one is ashamed of an abominable action, one naturally becomes down-faced.
  • Diti came to her senses after the abominable sexual intercourse with her husband.
  • In other words, sex life with one’s wife is equal to prostitution if the regulations are not properly followed.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Threat and anger → Rescue and wonder. Divine protection appears amid cosmic confrontation.

Chapters 13–19 of Canto 3: Varāha, Jaya and Vijaya, Hiraṇyākṣa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

Diti desires sons, her husband performs a forbidden act, and their sons’ destruction by the Lord is foretold.

Back to this verse in chapter 3.14
2

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. ditiḥDiti, the wife of Kaśyapa
  2. tubut
  3. vrīḍitāashamed
  4. tenaby that
  5. karmaact
  6. avadyenafaulty
  7. bhārataO son of the Bharata family
  8. upasaṅgamyagoing nearer to
3

Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

4

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Is there an action I recognize as wrong now that my immediate desire has passed?

Practice

Privately acknowledge one recent mistake without making excuses for it.

5

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRecognizing Fault After Desire SubsidesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

Ask the BhāgavatamHave a question about SB 3.14.33? Get an answer from the verses themselves.
  1. Learn
  2. Live
  3. Lead
Next in Learn · 5 of 11 · 2 minAsk the BhāgavatamBring your own question. Get an answer drawn only from the Bhāgavatam's translations, with every verse shown.Back · LearnCantos & stories