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Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

Verse 61 of 73
SB 6.18.61

लब्ध्वा तदन्तरं शक्रो निद्रापहृतचेतसः दितेः प्रविष्ट उदरं योगेशो योगमायया

labdhvā tad-antaraṁ śakro nidrāpahṛta-cetasaḥ diteḥ praviṣṭa udaraṁ yogeśo yoga-māyayā

Synonyms

labdhvāfinding; tat-antaramafter that; śakraḥIndra; nidrāby sleep; apahṛta-cetasaḥunconscious; diteḥof Diti; praviṣṭaḥentered; udaramthe womb; yoga-īśaḥthe master of yoga; yogaof yogic perfections; māyayāby the power..

Translation

Finding this fault, Indra, who has all the mystic powers [the yoga-siddhis such as aṇimā and laghimā], entered Diti's womb while she was unconscious, being fast asleep.

Purport

A perfectly successful yogī is expert in eight kinds of perfection. By one of them, called aṇimā-siddhi, he can become smaller than an atom, and in that state he can enter anywhere. With this yogic power, Indra entered the womb of Diti while she was pregnant.

Verse 61 of 73
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