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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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?
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Canto 6 · Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra
6.18.586.18.60

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.18.59

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Kaśyapa Munisince 6.18.54inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

नाध्यगच्छद्‌व्रतच्छिद्रं तत्परोऽथ महीपते ।

चिन्तां तीव्रां गत: शक्र: केन मे स्याच्छिवं त्विह ॥ ५९ ॥

nādhyagacchad vrata-cchidraṁ

tat-paro ’tha mahī-pate

cintāṁ tīvrāṁ gataḥ śakraḥ

kena me syāc chivaṁ tv iha

Translation

O master of the entire world, when Indra could find no faults, he thought, “How will there be good fortune for me?” Thus he was full of deep anxiety.

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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.

Frustrated Self-Interest Brings Deep Anxiety

  1. 1

    Indra could find no fault in Diti’s execution of the vow.

  2. 2

    He wondered, “How will there be good fortune for me?”

  3. 3

    Unable to find the opening he sought, he became filled with deep anxiety.

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

Further reading

Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Bali Mahārāja had one hundred sons, of whom Bāṇa was the eldest. After describing the dynasty of the Ādityas and the other demigods, Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes Diti’s sons known as the Maruts and how they were elevated to the position of demigods.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.18
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. nanot
  2. adhyagacchatcould find
  3. vrata-chidrama fault in the execution of the vow
  4. tat-paraḥintent upon that
  5. athathereupon
  6. mahī-pateO master of the world
  7. cintāmanxiety
  8. tīvrāmintense
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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

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

Does my concern for my own advantage make me anxious about another person’s success?

Practice

Notice one anxious thought today and ask whether it depends on finding fault with someone else.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayFrustrated Self-Interest Brings Deep AnxietyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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