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Chapter 17: The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi's Son

Verse 21 of 27
SB 8.17.21

श्रीशुक उवाच एतावदुक्त्वा भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत अदितिर्दुर्लभं लब्ध्वा हरेर्जन्मात्मनि प्रभोः उपाधावत्पतिं भक्त्या परया कृतकृत्यवत्

śrī-śuka uvāca etāvad uktvā bhagavāṁs tatraivāntaradhīyata aditir durlabhaṁ labdhvā harer janmātmani prabhoḥ upādhāvat patiṁ bhaktyā parayā kṛta-kṛtyavat

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; etāvatin this way; uktvāsaying (to her); bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; tatra evain that very spot; antaḥ-adhīyatadisappeared; aditiḥAditi; durlabhama very rare achievement; labdhvāgetting; hareḥof the Supreme Personality of Godhead; janmabirth; ātmaniin herself; prabhoḥof the Lord; upādhāvatimmediately went; patimunto her husband; bhaktyāwith devotion; parayāgreat; kṛta-kṛtya-vatthinking herself very successful..

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After speaking in this way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead disappeared from that very spot. Aditi, having received the extremely valuable benediction that the Lord would appear as her son, considered herself very successful, and with great devotion she approached her husband.

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