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Chapter 18: Diti Vows to Kill King Indra

Verse 72 of 73
SB 6.18.72

कृत्तो मे सप्तधा गर्भ आसन्सप्त कुमारकाः ते ऽपि चैकैकशो वृक्णाः सप्तधा नापि मम्रिरे

kṛtto me saptadhā garbha āsan sapta kumārakāḥ te 'pi caikaikaśo vṛkṇāḥ saptadhā nāpi mamrire

Synonyms

kṛttaḥcut; meby me; sapta-dhāinto seven; garbhaḥthe embryo; āsanthere came to be; saptaseven; kumārakāḥbabies; tethey; apialthough; caalso; eka-ekaśaḥeach one; vṛkṇāḥcut; sapta-dhāinto seven; nanot; apistill; mamriredied..

Translation

First I cut the child in the womb into seven pieces, which became seven children. Then I cut each of the children into seven pieces again. By the grace of the Supreme Lord, however, none of them died.

Verse 72 of 73
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