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Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

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SB 3.14.8

दितिर्दाक्षायणी क्षत्तर्मारीचं कश्यपं पतिम् अपत्यकामा चकमे सन्ध्यायां हृच्छयार्दिता

ditir dākṣāyaṇī kṣattar mārīcaṁ kaśyapaṁ patim apatya-kāmā cakame sandhyāyāṁ hṛc-chayārditā

Synonyms

ditiḥ—Diti; dākṣāyaṇī—the daughter of Dakṣa; kṣattaḥ—O Vidura; mārīcam—the son of Marīci; kaśyapam—Kaśyapa; patim—her husband; apatya-kāmā—desirous of having a child; cakame—longed for; sandhyāyām—in the evening; hṛt-śaya—by sex desires; arditā—distressed..

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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