sakrd istvadi-purusam

 puruso yati samyatam

samvatsaram kiñcid unam

 ditya yad dharir arcitah

 

sajur indrena pañcasad

 devas te maruto ’bhavan

vyapohya matr-dosam te

 harina soma-pah krtah

 

Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 

 

If one worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person, even once, he receives the benefit of being promoted to the spiritual world and possessing the same bodily features as Visnu. Diti worshiped Lord Visnu for almost one year, adhering to a great vow. Because of such strength in spiritual life, the forty-nine Maruts were born. How, then, is it wonderful that the Maruts, although born from the womb of Diti, became equal to the demigods by the mercy of the Supreme Lord?