Aditi

Role: Mother of the Gods · First appears: Book I, Canto 19 · The Birth Of The Princes

In Book I, Canto 19, Aditi is named the Mother of the Gods and the mother of Indra. In Book I, Canto 45, she and her sister Diti are described as rivals, and Kaśyap is named as their father.

In Book III, Canto 14, Kaśyap marries Aditi and seven other daughters of Daksha. He foretells that Aditi, Diti, Danú and Kálaká will bear sons to rule the three worlds; Aditi first bears the Vasus, Ádityas, Rudras and Aśvins. Book II, Canto 92 also names Vishṇu as Aditi’s child.

Relationship record

Life events

• Kaśyap married eight daughters of Daksha.(Book III, Canto 14 · Jatáyus)
  • With: Kaśyap Diti Kálaká Támrá Danú Analá Krodhavasá Manu
  • “Of these fair-waisted nymphs the great Lord Kaśyap sought and wedded eight, Aditi, Diti, Kálaká, Támrá, Danú, and Analá, And Krodhavasá swift to ire, And Manu glorious as her sire.”
• Kaśyap foretold that these four wives would bear sons to rule the three worlds.(Book III, Canto 14 · Jatáyus)
  • With: Kaśyap Diti Danú Kálaká
  • “‘Sons shalt thou bear, to rule the three Great worlds, in might resembling me.’ Aditi, Diti, and Danú Obeyed his will as consorts true, And Kálaká;”
• Aditi conceived and bore the Vasus, Ádityas, Rudras, and Aśvins.(Book III, Canto 14 · Jatáyus)
  • “First Aditi conceived, and she, Mother of thirty Gods and three, The Vasus and Ádityas bare, Rudras, and Aśvins, heavenly pair.”

Book I, Canto 19 · The Birth Of The Princes

• child: Indra “So Aditi shone more and more, The Mother of the Gods, when she The King of the Immortals bore, The thunder-wielding deity.”

Book I, Canto 45 · The Quest Of The Amrit

• siblings with Diti “Of sister mothers born, they vied, Brood against brood, in jealous pride.”
• parent: Kaśyap “The rival brothers fierce and bold Were sons of Kaśyap lofty-souled. Of sister mothers born, they vied,”

Book II, Canto 25 · Kausalyá’s Blessing

• child: Indra “And Indra slew his Daitya foes, The royal Aditi bestowed On Him whose hand with slaughter glowed”
• protégé: Vishṇu “The royal Aditi bestowed On Him whose hand with slaughter glowed Of that dire brood of monstrous size,”
• protégé: Indra “The royal Aditi bestowed On Him whose hand with slaughter glowed Of that dire brood of monstrous size,”

Book II, Canto 92 · Bharat’s Farewell

• child: Vishṇu “As Aditi in days of yore The all-preserving Vishṇu bore,”

Book III, Canto 14 · Jatáyus

• parent: Daksha “From Daksha,—fame the tale has told—: Three-score bright daughters sprang of old.”
• married with Kaśyap “Of these fair-waisted nymphs the great Lord Kaśyap sought and wedded eight, Aditi, Diti, Kálaká,”

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Extracted from the original text of The Rámáyan of Válmíki. Made with Rho MD.