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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.34
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 34
- ditir uvāca
- na me garbham imaṁ brahman
- bhūtānām ṛṣabho 'vadhīt
- rudraḥ patir hi bhūtānāṁ
- yasyākaravam aṁhasam
ditiḥthe beautiful Diti said uvācathe beautiful Diti said — the beautiful Diti said; nanot — not; memy — my; garbhampregnancy — pregnancy; imamthis — this; brahmanO brāhmaṇa — O brāhmaṇa; bhūtānāmof all living entities — of all living entities; ṛṣabhaḥthe noblest of all living entities — the noblest of all living entities; avadhītlet him kill — let him kill; rudraḥLord Śiva — Lord Śiva; patiḥmaster — master; hicertainly — certainly; bhūtānāmof all living entities — of all living entities; yasyawhose — whose; akaravamI have done — I have done; aṁhasamoffense — offense.
The beautiful Diti said: My dear brāhmaṇa, kindly see that my embryo is not killed by Lord Śiva, the lord of all living entities, because of the great offense I have committed against him.
Diti was conscious of her offense and was anxious to be excused by Lord Śiva. Lord Śiva has two popular names, Rudra and Āśutoṣa. He is very prone to anger as well as quickly pacified. Diti knew that because of his being quickly angered he might spoil the pregnancy she had so unlawfully achieved. But because he was also Āśutoṣa, she implored her brāhmaṇa husband to help her in pacifying Lord Śiva, for her husband was a great devotee of Lord Śiva. In other words, Lord Śiva might have been angry with Diti because she obliged her husband to transgress the law, but he would not refuse her husband's prayer. Therefore the application for excuse was submitted through her husband. She prayed to Lord Śiva as follows.