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  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.
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Canto 3 · Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
3.14.333.14.35

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.14.34

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The beautiful Ditisince 3.14.34inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

दितिरुवाच

न मे गर्भमिमं ब्रह्मन् भूतानामृषभोऽवधीत् ।

रुद्र: पतिर्हि भूतानां यस्याकरवमंहसम् ॥ ३४ ॥

ditir uvāca

na me garbham imaṁ brahman

bhūtānām ṛṣabho ’vadhīt

rudraḥ patir hi bhūtānāṁ

yasyākaravam aṁhasam

Translation

The beautiful Diti said: My dear brāhmaṇa, kindly see that my embryo is not killed by Lord Śiva, the lord of all living entities, because of the great offense I have committed against him.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seek Forgiveness Through Humble Appeal

  1. 1

    Diti recognized her offense against Lord Śiva and feared for her embryo. She asked her husband to help protect it.

  2. 2

    Lord Śiva is known as Rudra and Āśutoṣa: he is quickly angered and also quickly pacified. Diti’s fear was therefore accompanied by hope for forgiveness.

  3. 3

    Diti sought forgiveness through her husband because he was a great devotee of Lord Śiva. She trusted that Lord Śiva would not refuse his prayer.

Key points from the purport
  • Diti was conscious of her offense and was anxious to be excused by Lord Śiva.
  • But because he was also Āśutoṣa, she implored her brāhmaṇa husband to help her in pacifying Lord Śiva, for her husband was a great devotee of Lord Śiva.
  • In other words, Lord Śiva might have been angry with Diti because she obliged her husband to transgress the law, but he would not refuse her husband’s prayer.

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
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. ditiḥ uvācathe beautiful Diti said
  2. nanot
  3. memy
  4. garbhampregnancy
  5. imamthis
  6. brahmanO brāhmaṇa
  7. bhūtānāmof all living entities
  8. ṛṣabhaḥthe noblest of all living entities
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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

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 3.14

    In this verse: “kindly”

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 3.14

    In this verse: “offense”

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 3.14

    In this verse: “feared”

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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I recognize an offense, do I sincerely seek forgiveness?

Practice

Ask forgiveness today for one wrong you have not yet acknowledged.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySeek Forgiveness Through Humble AppealThis 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.

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