Bhagavatapurana 3.15.1

3.15.1

/0 maitreya uvāca
prājāpatyaṃ tu tat tejaḥ para-tejo-hanaṃ ditiḥ /
dadhāra varṣāṇi śataṃ śaṅkamānā surārdanāt //

1. Maitreya said:—"Afraid of the affliction to be suffered by the gods (at the hands of her two sons), Diti for a hundred years held, (retained in her womb), Prajapati's Tejas (seed) (which was powerful enough) to subdue the Tejas (strength and splendour) of others.

Verse 1. (Last foot) *V.* Afraid of Indra the foe of Asuras. *D.* Fearing her son's destruction at the hands of Hari, the vanquisher of Asuras.