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Chapter 15: The Saints Nārada and Aṅgirā Instruct King Citraketu

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SB 6.15.1

श्रीशुक उवाच ऊचतुर्मृतकोपान्ते पतितं मृतकोपमम् शोकाभिभूतं राजानं बोधयन्तौ सदुक्तिभिः

śrī-śuka uvāca ūcatur mṛtakopānte patitaṁ mṛtakopamam śokābhibhūtaṁ rājānaṁ bodhayantau sad-uktibhiḥ

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ūcatuḥthey spoke; mṛtakathe dead body; upāntenear; patitamfallen; mṛtaka-upamamexactly like another dead body; śoka-abhibhūtamvery much aggrieved by lamentation; rājānamto the King; bodhayantaugiving instruction; sat-uktibhiḥby 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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