अथेन्द्रमाह ताताहमादित्यानां भयावहम् । अपत्यमिच्छन्त्यचरं व्रतमेतत्सुदुष्करम् ॥ ६९ ॥
athendram aha tataham adityanam bhayavaham apatyam icchanty acaram vratam etat suduskaram
- atha
- thereafter
- indram
- to Indra
- aha
- spoke
- tata
- dear one
- aham
- I
- adityanam
- to the Adityas
- bhaya-avaham
- fearful
- apatyam
- a son
- icchanti
- desiring
- acaram
- executed
- vratam
- vow
- etat
- this
- su-duskaram
- very difficult to perform.
Thereafter, Diti said to Indra: My dear son, I adhered to this difficult vow just to get a son to kill you twelve Adityas.