Shloka 39

Diti’s Puṁsavana Vow, Indra’s Intervention, and the Birth of the Maruts

Devanagari script

अहो अर्थेन्द्रियारामो योषिन्मय्येह मायया । गृहीतचेता: कृपण: पतिष्ये नरके ध्रुवम् ॥ ३९ ॥

Transliteration

aho arthendriyārāmo yoṣin-mayyeha māyayā gṛhīta-cetāḥ kṛpaṇaḥ patiṣye narake dhruvam

Translation

Kaśyapa Muni dachte: „Weh mir! Ich bin allzu sehr an Reichtum und Sinnenfreuden gebunden. Dies ausnutzend hat die māyā der Höchsten Persönlichkeit Gottes in Gestalt einer Frau (meiner Gattin) meinen Geist gefangen. Darum bin ich elend und werde gewiss dem Höllenreich entgegengleiten.“

Synonyms

• अहो: alas!
• अहो: भावप्रकाशक (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विस्मय/खेदसूचक निपात

• अर्थ-इन्द्रिय-आरामः: delighting in wealth and senses
• अर्थ-इन्द्रिय-आरामः: विशेषण (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + आराम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (अर्थेषु इन्द्रियेषु च आरामः/रमणम्)

• योषित्-मयि: in (absorption with) women
• योषित्-मयि: अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (मयट्-प्रत्ययार्थ: ‘consisting of/absorbed in women’)

• इह: here
• इह: देशाधिकरण (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• मायया: by illusion
• मायया: करण (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• गृहीत-चेताः: whose mind is seized
• गृहीत-चेताः: विशेषण (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गृह् (धातु) + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त-पूर्वपद (गृहीत = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त PPP) + तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारयवत्: गृहीतं चेतः यस्य)

• कृपणः: wretched/miserly
• कृपणः: विशेषण (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पतिष्ये: I will fall
• पतिष्ये: क्रिया (आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘certainly’

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Diti

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about attachment to wealth and sense pleasure?

This verse warns that absorption in artha (wealth) and indriya-sukha (sense enjoyment), fueled by māyā, captures the mind and leads to spiritual ruin and suffering.

Why did Indra say he would fall into hell in Canto 6 Chapter 18?

In remorse over his conduct and the power of illusion, Indra condemns his own materialistic, lust-driven mentality as spiritually miserly and therefore deserving of severe karmic consequence.

How can I apply this Bhagavatam verse in modern life?

Use it as a check on priorities: reduce compulsive sense indulgence, practice self-restraint, and redirect the mind toward dharma and devotion rather than wealth-and-pleasure obsession.