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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.42
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 42
- ditir uvāca
- vadhaṁ bhagavatā sākṣāt
- sunābhodāra-bāhunā
- āśāse putrayor mahyaṁ
- mā kruddhād brāhmaṇād prabho
ditiḥDiti said uvācaDiti said — Diti said; vadhamthe killing — the killing; bhagavatāby the Supreme Personality of Godhead — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sākṣātdirectly — directly; sunābhawith His Sudarśana weapon — with His Sudarśana weapon; udāravery magnanimous — very magnanimous; bāhunāby the arms — by the arms; āśāseI desire — I desire; putrayoḥof the sons — of the sons; mahyamof mine — of mine; mānever be it so — never be it so; kruddhātby the rage — by the rage; brāhmaṇātof the brāhmaṇas — of the brāhmaṇas; prabhoO my husband — O my husband.
Diti said: It is very good that my sons will be magnanimously killed by the arms of the Personality of Godhead with His Sudarśana weapon. O my husband, may they never be killed by the wrath of the brāhmaṇa devotees.
When Diti heard from her husband that the great souls would be angered by the activities of her sons, she was very anxious. She thought that her sons might be killed by the wrath of the brāhmaṇas. The Lord does not appear when the brāhmaṇas become angry at someone, because the wrath of a brāhmaṇa is sufficient in itself. He certainly appears, however, when His devotee simply becomes sorry. A devotee of the Lord never prays to the Lord to appear for the sake of the troubles the miscreants cause for him, and he never bothers Him by asking for protection. Rather, the Lord is anxious to give protection to the devotees. Diti knew well that the killing of her sons by the Lord would also be His mercy, and therefore she says that the wheel and arms of the Lord are magnanimous. If someone is killed by the wheel of the Lord and is thus fortunate enough to see the arms of the Lord, that is sufficient for his liberation. Such good fortune is not achieved even by the great sages.