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Canto 6 · Prescribed Duties for Mankind · 19 chapters

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1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 6 · Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

6.18.31 6.18.33-34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.18.32

Ūti· What drives us to act

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Kaśyapa Munisince 6.18.32inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीकश्यप उवाच

वरं वरय वामोरु प्रीतस्तेऽहमनिन्दिते ।

स्त्रिया भर्तरि सुप्रीते क: काम इह चागम: ॥ ३२ ॥

śrī-kaśyapa uvāca

varaṁ varaya vāmoru

prītas te ’ham anindite

striyā bhartari suprīte

kaḥ kāma iha cāgamaḥ

Translation

Kaśyapa Muni said: O beautiful woman, O irreproachable lady, since I am very much pleased by your behavior, you may ask me for any benediction you want. If a husband is pleased, what desires are difficult for his wife to obtain, either in this world or in the next?

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kaśyapa Offers Diti a Benediction

1
Kaśyapa Muni addressed Diti affectionately as beautiful and irreproachable.
2
Because he was very pleased with her behavior, he invited her to ask for any benediction she wanted.
3
He said that when a husband is pleased, his wife’s desires are not difficult to obtain, either in this world or in the next.

How it feels

Resentment and resolve → Constraint and consequence. Family conflict frames a test of intention.

Chapters 18–19 of Canto 6: Diti's vow and discipline. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In corroboration of the Vedic injunction vidvāṁsam api karṣati, Kaśyapa Muni was attracted to his beautiful wife and promised to grant her any request. When, however, she requested a son who would kill Indra, he condemned himself, and he advised his wife Diti to follow the Vaiṣṇava ritualistic ceremonies to purify herself.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 6.18