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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.39
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 39
- bhaviṣyatas tavābhadrāv
- abhadre jāṭharādhamau
- lokān sa-pālāṁs trīṁś caṇḍi
- muhur ākrandayiṣyataḥ
bhaviṣyataḥwill take birth — will take birth; tavayour — your; abhadrautwo contemptuous sons — two contemptuous sons; abhadreO unlucky one — O unlucky one; jāṭharaborn of a condemned womb-adhamauborn of a condemned womb — born of a condemned womb; lokānall planets — all planets; sawith their rulers-pālānwith their rulers — with their rulers; trīnthree — three; caṇḍihaughty one — haughty one; muhuḥconstantly — constantly; ākranwill cause lamentation-dayiṣyataḥwill cause lamentation — will cause lamentation.
O haughty one, you will have two contemptuous sons born of your condemned womb. Unlucky woman, they will cause constant lamentation to all the three worlds!
Contemptuous sons are born of the condemned womb of their mother. In Bhagavad-gītā (BG 1.40, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.) it is said, "When there is deliberate negligence of the regulative principles of religious life, the women as a class become polluted, and as a result there are unwanted children." This is especially true for boys; if the mother is not good, there cannot be good sons. The learned Kaśyapa could foresee the character of the sons who would be born of the condemned womb of Diti. The womb was condemned because of the mother's being too sexually inclined and thus transgressing all the laws and injunctions of the scriptures. In a society where such women are predominant, one should not expect good children.