चकर्त सप्तधा गर्भं वज्रेण कनकप्रभम् । रुदन्तं सप्तधैकैकं मा रोदीरिति तान् पुन: ॥ ६२ ॥
cakarta saptadha garbham vajrena kanaka-prabham rudantam saptadhaikaikam ma rodir iti tan punah
- cakarta
- he cut
- sapta-dha
- into seven pieces
- garbham
- the embryo
- vajrena
- by his thunderbolt
- kanaka
- of gold
- prabham
- which had the appearance
- rudantam
- crying
- sapta-dha
- into seven pieces
- eka-ekam
- each one
- ma rodih
- do not cry
- iti
- thus
- tan
- them
- punah
- again.
After entering Diti’s womb, Indra, with the help of his thunderbolt, cut into seven pieces her embryo, which appeared like glowing gold. In seven places, seven different living beings began crying. Indra told them, Do not cry and then he cut each of them into seven pieces again.