दितिरुवाच वरदो यदि मे ब्रह्मन् पुत्रमिन्द्रहणं वृणे । अमृत्युं मृतपुत्राहं येन मे घातितौ सुतौ ॥ ३७ ॥
ditir uvaca varado yadi me brahman putram indra-hanam vrne amrtyum mrta-putraham yena me ghatitau sutau
- ditih uvaca
- Diti said
- vara-dah
- the giver of benedictions
- yadi
- if
- me
- to me
- brahman
- O great soul
- putram
- a son
- indra-hanam
- who can kill Indra
- vrne
- I am asking for
- amrtyum
- immortal
- mrta-putra
- whose sons are dead
- aham
- I
- yena
- by whom
- me
- my
- ghatitau
- were caused to be killed
- sutau
- two sons.
Diti replied: O my husband, O great soul, I have now lost my sons. If you want to give me a benediction, I ask you for an immortal son who can kill Indra. I pray for this because Indra, with the help of Visnu, has killed my two sons Hiranyaksa and Hiranyakasipu.