Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 26
Diti’s Puṁsavana Vow, Indra’s Intervention, and the Birth of the Maruts
आशासानस्य तस्येदं ध्रुवमुन्नद्धचेतस: । मदशोषक इन्द्रस्य भूयाद्येन सुतो हि मे ॥ २६ ॥
āśāsānasya tasyedaṁ dhruvam unnaddha-cetasaḥ mada-śoṣaka indrasya bhūyād yena suto hi me
Дити подумала: Индра считает свое тело вечным, и поэтому он стал необузданным. Поэтому я хочу иметь сына, который сможет устранить безумие Индры. Позвольте мне прибегнуть к некоторым средствам, чтобы помочь себе в этом.
One who is in the bodily conception of life is compared in the śāstras to animals like cows and asses. Diti wanted to punish Indra, who had become like a lower animal.
FAQs
This verse highlights the intent to “dry up Indra’s pride,” implying that arrogance is a spiritual impurity that inevitably meets correction through time, karma, and divine arrangement.
Indra is a powerful deva who sometimes becomes fearful or proud; the Bhagavatam uses his repeated tests to teach that even high position is unstable without humility and devotion.
Treat pride as something to be reduced, not fed: cultivate humility, accept feedback, and remember that power and achievement are temporary and meant for service, not self-exaltation.