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Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Verse 28 of 60
SB 6.14.28

ज्येष्ठा श्रेष्ठा च या राज्ञो महिषीणां च भारत नाम्ना कृतद्युतिस्तस्यै यज्ञोच्छिष्टमदाद्द्विजः

jyeṣṭhā śreṣṭhā ca yā rājño mahiṣīṇāṁ ca bhārata nāmnā kṛtadyutis tasyai yajñocchiṣṭam adād dvijaḥ

Synonyms

jyeṣṭhāthe senior; śreṣṭhāthe most perfect; caand; she who; rājñaḥof the King; mahiṣīṇāmamong all the queens; caalso; bhārataO Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the best of the Bhāratas; nāmnāby name; kṛtadyutiḥKṛtadyuti; tasyaiunto her; yajñaof the sacrifice; ucchiṣṭamthe remnants of food; adātdelivered; dvijaḥthe great sage (Aṅgirā)..

Translation

O Parīkṣit Mahārāja, best of the Bhāratas, the remnants of the food offered in the yajña were given by the great sage Aṅgirā to the first and most perfect among Citraketu's millions of queens, whose name was Kṛtadyuti.

Verse 28 of 60
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