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25 passagesश्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे षट्चत्वारिंशः सर्गः ॥१-४६॥ हतेषु तेषु पुत्रेषु दितिः परमदुःखिता। मारीचं कश्यपं नाम भर्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ॥१॥
In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Bālakāṇḍa, the forty-sixth sarga. When those sons had been slain, Diti, overcome with the greatest grief, said this to her husband Mārīca, named Kaśyapa:
हतपुत्रास्मि भगवंस्तव पुत्रौर्महाबलैः। शक्रहन्तारमिच्छामि पुत्रं दीर्घतपोर्जितम् ॥२॥
I am bereft of sons, O blessed lord, through your very mighty sons. I desire a son who will be a slayer of Śakra, obtained through prolonged austerity. The transmitted form पुत्रौर्महाबलैः is grammatically unresolved as written; in context it appears to mean “by or through your very mighty sons,” but that contextual interpretation is conditional and does not replace the transmitted wording.
साहं तपश्चरिष्यामि गर्भं मे दातुमर्हसि। ईश्वरं शक्रहन्तारं त्वमनुज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥३॥
I shall perform austerity; you ought to grant me a womb-conception, a lordly son, a slayer of Śakra; you ought to give your consent.
तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मारीचः कश्यपस्तदा। प्रत्युवाच महातेजा दितिं परमदुःखिताम् ॥४॥
Having heard her words, Mārīca Kasyapa, then highly radiant, replied to Diti, who was in the greatest distress.
एवं भवतु भद्रं ते शुचिर्भव तपोधने। जनयिष्यसि पुत्रं त्वं शक्रहन्तारमाहवे ॥५॥
So be it; may good fortune be yours. Become pure, O woman rich in austerity. You will beget a son who will slay Shakra in battle.
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