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Canto 6 · Chapter 14: King Citraketu’s Lamentation

6.14.27 6.14.29

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.14.28

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:King Citraketusince 6.14.23inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ज्येष्ठा श्रेष्ठा च या राज्ञो महिषीणां च

भारत ।

नाम्ना कृतद्युतिस्तस्यै यज्ञोच्छिष्टमदाद् द्विज: ॥ २८ ॥

jyeṣṭhā śreṣṭhā ca yā rājño

mahiṣīṇāṁ ca bhārata

nāmnā kṛtadyutis tasyai

yajñocchiṣṭam adād dvijaḥ

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.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛtadyuti Receives the Sacrificial Remnants

1
The great sage Aṅgirā gave away the remnants of the food offered in the yajña.
2
He gave these remnants to Kṛtadyuti, one of Citraketu’s millions of queens.
3
Kṛtadyuti is described as the first and most perfect among the queens.

How it feels

Parental grief → Detachment and surrender. A flashback discloses the devotional history behind Vṛtrāsura.

Chapters 14–17 of Canto 6: Citraketu's grief, realization and curse. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 14: King Citraketu’s Lamentation

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

When Aṅgirā inquired from the King about his welfare, the King expressed his moroseness, and therefore by the grace of the great sage, the King’s first wife, Kṛtadyuti, gave birth to a son, who was the cause of both happiness and lamentation. Upon the birth of this son, the King and all the residents of the palace were very happy.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 6.14

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

jyeṣṭhāthe senior
śreṣṭhāthe most perfect
caand
yāshe who
rājñaḥof the King
mahiṣīṇāmamong all the queens
caalso
bhārataO Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the best of the Bhāratas

Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

Īśānukathā · The science of God
Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What details help me notice the care with which the sacrificial remnants were given?

Practice

Reread the translation and identify who gave the remnants, what was given and who received them.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛtadyuti Receives the Sacrificial RemnantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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