Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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दितिर्दाक्षायणी क्षत्तर्मारीचं कश्यपं पतिम्
अपत्यकामा चकमे सन्ध्यायां हृच्छयार्दिता

ditir dākṣāyaṇī kṣattar
mārīcaṁ kaśyapaṁ patim
apatya-kāmā cakame
sandhyāyāṁ hṛc-chayārditā

WORD BY WORD

ditiḥ — Diti; dākṣāyaṇī — the daughter of Dakṣa; kṣattaḥ — O Vidura; mārīcam — the son of Marīci; kaśyapam — Kaśyapa; patim — her husband; apatya-kāmā — desirous of having a child; cakame — longed for; sandhyāyām — in the evening; hṛt-śaya — by sex desires; arditā — distressed.;

TRANSLATION

Diti, daughter of Dakṣa, being afflicted with sex desire, begged her husband, Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci, to have intercourse with her in the evening in order to beget a child.

PURPORT

This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.

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