मैत्रेय उवाच प्रजापत्यं तु तत्तेज: परतेजोहनं दिति: । दधार वर्षाणि शतं शङ्कमाना सुरार्दनात् ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca prajapatyam tu tat tejah para-tejo-hanam ditih dadhara varsani satam sankamana surardanat
- maitreyah uvaca
- the sage Maitreya said
- prajapatyam
- of the great Prajapati
- tu
- but
- tat tejah
- his powerful semen
- para-tejah
- others’ prowess
- hanam
- troubling
- ditih
- Diti (Kasyapa’s wife)
- dadhara
- bore
- varsani
- years
- satam
- hundred
- sankamana
- being doubtful
- sura-ardanat
- disturbing to the demigods.
Sri Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, Diti, the wife of the sage Kasyapa, could understand that the sons within her womb would be a cause of disturbance to the demigods. As such, she continuously bore the powerful semen of Kasyapa Muni, which was meant to give trouble to others, for one hundred years.