Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 10

The Kingdom of God (Vaikuṇṭha) and the Curse of Jaya and Vijaya

Devanagari script

एष देव दितेर्गर्भ ओज: काश्यपमर्पितम् । दिशस्तिमिरयन् सर्वा वर्धतेऽग्निरिवैधसि ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

eṣa deva diter garbha ojaḥ kāśyapam arpitam diśas timirayan sarvā vardhate ’gnir ivaidhasi

Translation

О божество, этот зародыш в чреве Дити, возникший из силы семени Кашьяпы, растёт, как огонь от дров, и омрачает тьмой все стороны света.

Synonyms

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम

• deva: O god; O lord
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• diteḥ: of Diti
• diteḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• garbhaḥ: embryo; fetus
• garbhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/apposition to eṣaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ojaḥ: vigor; power
• ojaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ojas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kāśyapam: (that which is) of Kaśyapa
• kāśyapam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ojaḥ/arpitam) ‘belonging to Kaśyapa’

• arpitam: entrusted; offered
• arpitam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arpita (कृदन्त, √arp अर्प् ‘to offer/entrust’)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate adjective to ojaḥ

• diśaḥ: the directions; quarters
• diśaḥ: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• timirayan: darkening
• timirayan: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/participial modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: timirayan (कृदन्त, √timiraya? denominative from timira ‘darkness’)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), परस्मैपद-प्रयोग; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (modifying vardhate)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying diśaḥ)

• vardhate: grows; increases
• vardhate: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• agniḥ: fire
• agniḥ: Upameya (उपमेय/thing compared)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपमेय/दृष्टान्त (as in simile)

• iva: like
• iva: Upamā (उपमा/comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• edhasi: in fuel; in kindling
• edhasi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: edhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Purport

The darkness throughout the universe is explained herewith as being caused by the embryo created in the womb of Diti by the semen of Kaśyapa.

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• Kaśyapa
• Lord Viṣṇu

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam say about the growing power of Diti’s unborn child?

This verse describes Diti’s embryo as a fierce, expanding potency that darkens the directions—an omen of disruptive, demonic influence increasing in the universe.

Why are the demigods praying to Lord Viṣṇu in this passage?

Seeing the ominous rise of destructive power connected with Diti’s pregnancy, the devas appeal to Viṣṇu—the maintainer of cosmic order—for protection and restoration of dharma.

Practical application: what does “fire growing with fuel” teach in modern life?

Unchecked negative tendencies grow when continually “fed”; the verse cautions seekers to stop supplying fuel to harmful habits and instead take shelter of sattvic discipline and devotion.