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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- ditis tu bhartur ādeśād
- apatya-pariśaṅkinī
- pūrṇe varṣa-śate sādhvī
- putrau prasuṣuve yamau
ditiḥDiti — Diti; tubut — but; bhartuḥof her husband — of her husband; ādeśātby the order — by the order; apatyafrom her children — from her children; pariśaṅkinībeing apprehensive of trouble — being apprehensive of trouble; pūrṇefull — full; varṣaafter one hundred years-śateafter one hundred years — after one hundred years; sādhvīthe virtuous lady — the virtuous lady; putrautwo sons — two sons; prasuṣuvebegot — begot; yamautwins — twins.
The virtuous lady Diti had been very apprehensive of trouble to the gods from the children in her womb, and her husband predicted the same. She brought forth twin sons after a full one hundred years of pregnancy.