श्रीनारद उवाच इति दैत्यपतेर्वाक्यं दितिराकर्ण्य सस्नुषा । पुत्रशोकं क्षणात्त्यक्त्वा तत्त्वे चित्तमधारयत् ॥ ६१ ॥
sri-narada uvaca iti daitya-pater vakyam ditir akarnya sasnusa putra-sokam ksanat tyaktva tattve cittam adharayat
- sri-naradah uvaca
- Sri Narada Muni said
- iti
- thus
- daitya-pateh
- of the King of the demons
- vakyam
- the speech
- ditih
- Diti, the mother of Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa
- akarnya
- hearing
- sa-snusa
- with the wife of Hiranyaksa
- putra-sokam
- the great bereavement for her son, Hiranyaksa
- ksanat
- immediately
- tyaktva
- giving up
- tattve
- in the real philosophy of life
- cittam
- heart
- adharayat
- engaged.
Sri Narada Muni continued: Diti, the mother of Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa, heard the instructions of Hiranyakasipu along with her daughter-in-law, Rusabhanu, Hiranyaksa’s wife. She then forgot her grief over her son’s death and thus engaged her mind and attention in understanding the real philosophy of life.