SB 3.17.2
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 17: Victory of Hiraṇyākṣa Over All the Directions of the Universe
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- ditis tu bhartur ādeśād
- apatya-pariśaṅkinī
- pūrṇe varṣa-śate sādhvī
- putrau prasuṣuve yamau
SYNONYMS
ditiḥ — Diti; tu — but; bhartuḥ — of her husband; ādeśāt — by the order; apatya — from her children; pariśaṅkinī — being apprehensive of trouble; pūrṇe — full; varṣa-śate — after one hundred years; sādhvī — the virtuous lady; putrau — two sons; prasuṣuve — begot; yamau — twins.
TRANSLATION
The virtuous lady Diti had been very apprehensive of trouble to the gods from the children in her womb, and her husband predicted the same. She brought forth twin sons after a full one hundred years of pregnancy.