Devanagari
चकर्त सप्तधा गर्भं वज्रेण कनकप्रभम् ।
रुदन्तं सप्तधैकैकं मा रोदीरिति तान् पुन: ॥ ६२ ॥
Verse text
cakarta saptadhā garbhaṁ
vajreṇa kanaka-prabham
rudantaṁ saptadhaikaikaṁ
mā rodīr iti tān punaḥ
Synonyms
cakarta
—
he cut
;
sapta
—
dhā — into seven pieces
;
garbham
—
the embryo
;
vajreṇa
—
by his thunderbolt
;
kanaka
—
of gold
;
prabham
—
which had the appearance
;
rudantam
—
crying
;
sapta
—
dhā — into seven pieces
;
eka
—
ekam — each one
;
mā rodīḥ
—
do not cry
;
iti
—
thus
;
tān
—
them
;
punaḥ
—
again .
Translation
After entering Diti’s womb, Indra, with the help of his thunderbolt, cut into seven pieces her embryo, which appeared like glowing gold. In seven places, seven different living beings began crying. Indra told them, “Do not cry,” and then he cut each of them into seven pieces again.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Indra, with the help of his thunderbolt, cut into seven pieces her embryo, which glowed like gold, and which began to cry. Indra told them, "Do not cry," and then he cut each of them into seven pieces again.
He said, “Do not cry” to comfort them. But then he cut them into seven more parts each. Some say that a single jīva can expand his body into forty-nine forms for a short time like a yogī or like someone else enjoying a lot of both piety and sin. Others say that knowing the future event, forty-nine jīvas entered into one body, and then entered each of the forty-nine parts when cut by Indra. Others say that forty-eight more jīvas entered each of the other parts the moment that Indra cut up the one fetus, just as separate jīvas enter each branch when a person cuts branches off a creeper or bush and plants them in the ground.
Purport
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks that Indra, by his yogic power, first expanded the body of the one Marut into seven, and then when he cut each of the seven parts of the original body into pieces, there were forty-nine. When each body was cut into seven, other living entities entered the new bodies, and thus they were like plants, which become separate entities when cut into various parts and planted on a hill. The first body was one, and when it was cut into many pieces, many other living entities entered the new bodies.