# SB 6.18.26 > आशासानस्य तस्येदं ध्रुवमुन्नद्धचेतसः > मदशोषक इन्द्रस्य भूयाद्येन सुतो हि मे ॥२६॥ ## Text > āśāsānasya tasyedaṁ > dhruvam unnaddha-cetasaḥ > mada-śoṣaka indrasya > bhūyād yena suto hi me ## Synonyms *āśāsānasya*—thinking; *tasya*—of him; *idam*—this (body); *dhruvam*—eternal; *unnaddha-cetasaḥ*—whose mind is unrestrained; *mada-śoṣakaḥ*—who can remove the madness; *indrasya*—of Indra; *bhūyāt*—may there be; *yena*—by which; *sutaḥ*—a son; *hi*—certainly; *me*—of me. ## Translation **Diti thought: Indra considers his body eternal, and thus he has become unrestrained. I therefore wish to have a son who can remove Indra's madness. Let me adopt some means to help me in this.** ## Purport One who is in the bodily conception of life is compared in the *śāstras* to animals like cows and asses. Diti wanted to punish Indra, who had become like a lower animal.