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Chapter 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship

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SB 8.16.1

श्रीशुक उवाच एवं पुत्रेषु नष्टेषु देवमातादितिस्तदा हृते त्रिविष्टपे दैत्यैः पर्यतप्यदनाथवत्

śrī-śuka uvāca evaṁ putreṣu naṣṭeṣu deva-mātāditis tadā hṛte tri-viṣṭape daityaiḥ paryatapyad anāthavat

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evamin this way; putreṣuwhen her sons; naṣṭeṣudisappearing from their position; deva-mātāthe mother of the demigods; aditiḥAditi; tadāat that time; hṛtebecause of being lost; tri-viṣṭapethe kingdom of heaven; daityaiḥby the influence of the demons; paryatapyatbegan to lament; anātha-vatas if she had no protector..

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, when Aditi's sons, the demigods, had thus disappeared from heaven and the demons had occupied their places, Aditi began lamenting, as if she had no protector.

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