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Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Verse 27 of 60
SB 6.14.27

श्रीशुक उवाच इत्यर्थितः स भगवान्कृपालुर्ब्रह्मणः सुतः श्रपयित्वा चरुं त्वाष्ट्रं त्वष्टारमयजद्विभुः

śrī-śuka uvāca ity arthitaḥ sa bhagavān kṛpālur brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ śrapayitvā caruṁ tvāṣṭraṁ tvaṣṭāram ayajad vibhuḥ

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; itithus; arthitaḥbeing requested; saḥhe (Aṅgirā Ṛṣi); bhagavānthe most powerful; kṛpāluḥbeing very merciful; brahmaṇaḥof Lord Brahmā; sutaḥa son (born of Lord Brahmā's mind); śrapayitvāafter causing to cook; caruma specific oblation of sweetrice; tvāṣṭrammeant for the demigod known as Tvaṣṭā; tvaṣṭāramTvaṣṭā; ayajathe worshiped; vibhuḥthe great sage..

Translation

In response to the request of Mahārāja Citraketu, Aṅgirā Ṛṣi, who was born of Lord Brahmā's mind, was very merciful toward him. Because the sage was a greatly powerful personality, he performed a sacrifice by offering oblations of sweetrice to Tvaṣṭā.

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