SB 6.18.20

TEXT 20

TEXT

श्रीराजोवाच कथं त आसुरं भावम् ।
अपोह्यौत्पत्तिकं गुरो इन्द्रेण प्रापिताः सात्म्यं ।
किं तत्साधु कृतं हि तैः ॥ २० ॥

sri-rajovaca

katham ta asuram bhavam

apohyautpattikam guro

indrena prapitah satmyam

kim tat sadhu krtam hi taih

sri-raja uvaca-King Pariksit said; katham-why; te-they; asuram-demoniac; bhavam-mentality; apohya-giving up; autpattikam-due to birth; guro-my dear lord; indrena-by Indra; prapitah-were converted; sa-atmyam-to demigods; kim-whether; tat-therefore; sadhu-pious activities; krtam-performed; hi-indeed; taih-by them.

TRANSLATION

King Pariksit inquired: My dear lord, due to their birth, the forty-nine Maruts must have been obsessed with a demoniac mentality. Why did Indra, the King of heaven, convert them into demigods? Did they perform any rituals or pious activities?

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