SB 6.15.1

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Sixth Canto - Chapter 15: The Saints Nārada and Ańgirā Instruct King Citraketu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 1

śrī-śuka uvāca

ūcatur mṛtakopānte

patitaṁ mṛtakopamam

śokābhibhūtaṁ rājānaṁ

bodhayantau sad-uktibhiḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ūcatuḥ—they spoke; mṛtaka—the dead body; upānte—near; patitam—fallen; mṛtaka-upamam—exactly like another dead body; śoka-abhibhūtam—very much aggrieved by lamentation; rājānam—to the King; bodhayantau—giving instruction; sat-uktibhiḥ—by instructions that are factual, not temporary.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While King Citraketu, overcome by lamentation, lay like a dead body at the side of the dead body of his son, the two great sages Nārada and Aṅgirā instructed him about spiritual consciousness as follows.

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