Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind

Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation. Text 44

कृतद्युतिरजानन्ती सपत्नीनामघं महत् ।
सुप्त एवेति सञ्चिन्त्य निरीक्ष्य व्यचरद् गृहे ॥४४॥

ká¹›tadyutir ajÄnantÄ«
sapatnÄ«nÄm aghaá¹ mahat
supta eveti sañcintya
nirīkṣya vyacarad gṛhe

 ká¹›tadyutiḥ - Queen Ká¹›tadyuti; ajÄnantÄ« - being unaware of; sapatnÄ«nÄm - of her co-wives; agham - sinful act; mahat - very great; suptaḥ - sleeping; eva - indeed; iti - thus; sañcintya - thinking; nirÄ«ká¹£ya - looking at; vyacarat - was walking; gá¹›he - at home.


Text

Unaware of the poison administered by her co-wives, Queen Ká¹›tadyuti walked within the house, thinking that her son was sleeping deeply. She did not understand that he was dead.

Purport