Srimad Bhagavatam 6.18.65-67

[makarand]

TEXT 65

na mamāra diter garbhaḥ

śrīnivāsānukampayā

bahudhā kuliśa-kṣuṇṇo

drauṇy-astreṇa yathā bhavān

SYNONYMS

na—not; mamāra—died; diteḥ—of Diti; garbhaḥ—the embryo; śrīnivāsa—of Lord Viṣṇu, the resting place of the goddess of fortune; anukampayā—by the mercy; bahu-dhā—into many pieces; kuliśa—by the thunderbolt; kṣuṇṇaḥ—cut; drauṇi—of Aśvatthāmā; astreṇa—by the weapon; yathā—just as; bhavān—you.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King Parīkṣit, you were burned by the brahmāstra of Aśvatthāmā, but when Lord Kṛṣṇa entered the womb of your mother, you were saved. Similarly, although the one embryo was cut into forty-nine pieces by the thunderbolt of Indra, they were all saved by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TEXTS 66–67

sakṛd iṣṭvādi-puruṣaṁ

puruṣo yāti sāmyatām

saṁvatsaraṁ ki�cid ūnaṁ

dityā yad dharir arcitaḥ

sajūr indreṇa pa�cāśad

devās te maruto ’bhavan

vyapohya mātṛ-doṣaṁ te

hariṇā soma-pāḥ kṛtāḥ

SYNONYMS

sakṛt—once; iṣṭvā—worshiping; ādi-puruṣam—the original person; puruṣaḥ—a person; yāti—goes to; sāmyatām—possessing the same bodily feature as the Lord; saṁvatsaram—a year; ki�cit ūnam—a little less than; dityā—by Diti; yat—because; hariḥ—Lord Hari; arcitaḥ—was worshiped; sajūḥ—with; indreṇa—Indra; pa�cāśat—fifty; devāḥ—demigods; te—they; marutaḥ—the Maruts; abhavan—became; vyapohya—removing; mātṛ-doṣam—the fault of their mother; te—they; hariṇā—by Lord Hari; soma-pāḥ—drinkers of soma-rasa; kṛtāḥ—were made.

TRANSLATION

If one worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person, even once, he receives the benefit of being promoted to the spiritual world and possessing the same bodily features as Viṣṇu. Diti worshiped Lord Viṣṇu for almost one year, adhering to a great vow. Because of such strength in spiritual life, the forty-nine Maruts were born. How, then, is it wonderful that the Maruts, although born from the womb of Diti, became equal to the demigods by the mercy of the Supreme Lord ?