आशासानस्य तस्येदं ध्रुवमुन्नद्धचेतस: । मदशोषक इन्द्रस्य भूयाद्येन सुतो हि मे ॥ २६ ॥
asasanasya tasyedam dhruvam unnaddha-cetasah mada-sosaka indrasya bhuyad yena suto hi me
- asasanasya
- thinking
- tasya
- of him
- idam
- this (body)
- dhruvam
- eternal
- unnaddha-cetasah
- whose mind is unrestrained
- mada-sosakah
- who can remove the madness
- indrasya
- of Indra
- bhuyat
- may there be
- yena
- by which
- sutah
- a son
- hi
- certainly
- me
- of me.
Diti thought: Indra considers his body eternal, and thus he has become unrestrained. I therefore wish to have a son who can remove Indra’s madness. Let me adopt some means to help me in this.