FolioCorpusBhagavad-gītā

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.18.46

దితిరువాచ ధారయిష్యే వ్రతం బ్రహ్మన్బ్రూహి కార్యాణి యాని మే । యాని చేహ నిషిద్ధాని న వ్రతం ఘ్నన్తి యాన్యుత ॥ ౪౬ ॥
ditir uvāca
[ditir uvaacha]
dhārayiṣye vrataṁ brahman
[dhaarayishye vratam brahman]
brūhi kāryāṇi yāni me
[broohi kaaryaani yaani me]
yāni ceha niṣiddhāni
[yaani cheha nishiddhaani]
na vrataṁ ghnanti yāny uta
[na vratam ghnanti yaany uta]
ditiḥ uvāca — Diti said dhārayiṣye — I shall accept vratam — vow brahman — my dear brāhmaṇa brūhi — please state kāryāṇi — must be done yāni — what me — to me yāni — what ca — and iha — here niṣiddhāni — is forbidden na — not vratam — the vow ghnanti — break yāni — what uta — also.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ditir uvāca
ditiḥ uvāca
Diti said
dhārayiṣye vrataṁ brahman
dhārayiṣye
I shall accept
vratam
vow
brahman
my dear brāhmaṇa
brūhi kāryāṇi yāni me
brūhi
please state
kāryāṇi
must be done
yāni
what
me
to me
yāni ceha niṣiddhāni
yāni
what
ca
and
iha
here
niṣiddhāni
is forbidden
na vrataṁ ghnanti yāny uta
na
not
vratam
the vow
ghnanti
break
yāni
what
uta
also.
Diti replied: My dear brāhmaṇa, I must accept your advice and follow the vow. Now let me understand what I have to do, what is forbidden and what will not break the vow. Please clearly state all this to me.

As stated above, a woman is generally inclined to serve her own purposes. Kaśyapa Muni proposed to train Diti to fulfill her desires within one year, and since she was eager to kill Indra, she immediately agreed, saying, “Please let me know what the vow is and how I have to follow it. I promise that I shall do the needful and not break the vow.” This is another side of a woman’s psychology. Even though a woman is very fond of fulfilling her own plans, when someone instructs her, especially her husband, she innocently follows, and thus she can be trained for better purposes. By nature a woman wants to be a follower of a man; therefore if the man is good the woman can be trained for a good purpose.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Diti said: O brāhmaṇa! I will follow the vow. Please tell me what should be done and what is forbidden for me, and what will not break the vow.
📝 My note

← Read full Chapter 18