Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind

Chapter 15: The Saints Narada and Angira Instruct King Citraketu. Text 1

श्रीशुक उवाच
ऊचतुर्मृतकोपान्ते पतितं मृतकोपमम् ।
शोकाभिभूतं राजानं बोधयन्तौ सदुक्तिभिः ॥१॥

Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
Å«catur má¹›takopÄnte
patitaá¹ má¹›takopamam
Å›okÄbhibhÅ«taá¹ rÄjÄnaá¹
bodhayantau sad-uktibhiḥ

 Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; Å«catuḥ - they spoke; má¹›taka - the dead body; upÄnte - near; patitam - fallen; má¹›taka-upamam - exactly like another dead body; Å›oka-abhibhÅ«tam - very much aggrieved by lamentation; rÄjÄnam - to the King; bodhayantau - giving instruction; sat-uktibhiḥ - by instructions that are factual, not temporary.


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ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« 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 NÄrada and Aá¹…girÄ instructed him about spiritual consciousness as follows.

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