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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.
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Canto 3 · Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
3.14.73.14.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.14.8

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Maitreya Ṛṣisince 3.14.5inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

दितिर्दाक्षायणी क्षत्तर्मारीचं कश्यपं पतिम् ।

अपत्यकामा चकमे सन्ध्यायां हृच्छयार्दिता ॥ ८ ॥

ditir dākṣāyaṇī kṣattar

mārīcaṁ kaśyapaṁ patim

apatya-kāmā cakame

sandhyāyāṁ hṛc-chayārditā

Translation

Diti, daughter of Dakṣa, being afflicted with sex desire, begged her husband, Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci, to have intercourse with her in the evening in order to beget a child.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Diti’s Desire for a Child

  1. 1

    Diti was the daughter of Dakṣa. Her husband, Kaśyapa, was the son of Marīci.

  2. 2

    Diti was afflicted with sex desire and wanted to beget a child.

  3. 3

    She begged her husband to have intercourse with her in the evening. The verse identifies both her desire and the time of her request.

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. ditiḥDiti
  2. dākṣāyaṇīthe daughter of Dakṣa
  3. kṣattaḥO Vidura
  4. mārīcamthe son of Marīci
  5. kaśyapamKaśyapa
  6. patimher husband
  7. apatya-kāmādesirous of having a child
  8. cakamelonged for
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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

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 3.14

    In this verse: “child”

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 a desire feels urgent, can I clearly recognize what I want and how I am feeling?

Practice

Pause over one strong desire today and name it honestly before making a request.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 3.14's connections

Live this todayDiti’s Desire for a ChildThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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