Shloka 73

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

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्परमाश्चर्यं वीक्ष्य व्यवसितं मया । महापुरुषपूजाया: सिद्धि: काप्यानुषङ्गिणी ॥ ७३ ॥

Transliteration

tatas tat paramāścaryaṁ vīkṣya vyavasitaṁ mayā mahāpuruṣa-pūjāyāḥ siddhiḥ kāpy ānuṣaṅgiṇī

Translation

Meine liebe Mutter, als ich sah, dass alle neunundvierzig Söhne am Leben waren, war ich gewiss voller Verwunderung. Ich entschied, dass dies ein sekundäres Ergebnis deiner regelmäßigen Ausführung des hingebungsvollen Dienstes in der Verehrung von Lord Vishnu war.

Synonyms

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘thereupon/then’

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• parama-āścaryam: the greatest wonder
• parama-āścaryam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘supreme wonder’

• vīkṣya: having seen
• vīkṣya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (ईक्ष् धातु) with vi-; gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त; ल्यप् ‘having seen’

• vyavasitam: a resolve/decision
• vyavasitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyavasita (कृदन्त; √sā/सा; PPP)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त (PPP) used substantively ‘resolve’

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahāpuruṣa-pūjāyāḥ: of worship of the Supreme Person
• mahāpuruṣa-pūjāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘of the worship of the Mahāpuruṣa’

• siddhiḥ: success/perfection
• siddhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kā: what?/which?
• kā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: particle ‘even/also’

• ānuṣaṅgiṇī: incidental/attendant (as a by-product)
• ānuṣaṅgiṇī: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ānuṣaṅginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Purport

For one who engages in worshiping Lord Viṣṇu, nothing is very wonderful. This is a fact. In Bhagavad-gītā (18.78) it is said:

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• Kashyapa

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about worshiping great devotees (mahāpuruṣa-pūjā)?

This verse states that serving or worshiping a truly great person naturally brings some spiritual success or perfection; it never becomes fruitless.

Why did Diti say this to Kashyapa in Canto 6 Chapter 18?

After witnessing an extraordinary result in her situation, Diti concludes and expresses to Kashyapa that honoring a great soul inevitably yields auspicious spiritual outcomes.

How can I apply the teaching of mahāpuruṣa-pūjā in modern life?

Seek saintly association, serve devotees with humility, and support genuine spiritual teachers and communities—trusting that sincere service bears inner purification and steady devotion.