Diti said: O learned sage! This lust stands directly before me, with arrows ready to shoot. It is now attacking me, afflicting my wretched self, just as an elephant attacks a banana tree. You are responsible. Attempts with body and eyes were useless since her husband had his eyes closed. In using words, even hints though the sound and meaning were not enough to distract Kaśyapa, who was engaged in meditating on the Supreme Lord. Though it was not the nature of the best among women to pray for relations with a man, Diti, crazed by lust, suppressed her shame and fear, and spoke loudly to break his trance. This lust (eṣaḥ kāmaḥ) can be directly seen. If I am left alone, what will lust do to me? In this way she blames her husband for her lust. It has been done by you (tvat-kṛte). Why do you, the husband, not protect me, when lust is afflicting me with suffering (dīnam dunoti). Why have you suddenly given up shyness? I am like a banana tree attacked by an elephant. If the life airs are destroyed, what is the use of shyness?