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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 6 · Chapter 14: King Citraketu’s Lamentation
6.14.296.14.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.14.30

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:King Citraketusince 6.14.23inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सापि तत्प्राशनादेव चित्रकेतोरधारयत् ।

गर्भं कृतद्युतिर्देवी कृत्तिकाग्नेरिवात्मजम् ॥ ३० ॥

sāpi tat-prāśanād eva

citraketor adhārayat

garbhaṁ kṛtadyutir devī

kṛttikāgner ivātmajam

Translation

As Kṛttikādevī, after receiving the semen of Lord Śiva from Agni, conceived a child named Skanda [Kārttikeya], Kṛtadyuti, having received semen from Citraketu, became pregnant after eating remnants of food from the yajña performed by Aṅgirā.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛtadyuti Conceives After Receiving Sacrificial Remnants

  1. 1

    Kṛtadyuti ate remnants of food from the yajña performed by Aṅgirā.

  2. 2

    After receiving semen from Citraketu, she became pregnant.

  3. 3

    The translation compares her conception to Kṛttikādevī’s conception of Skanda, also called Kārttikeya, after receiving Lord Śiva’s semen from Agni.

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

Further reading

Chapter 14: King Citraketu’s Lamentation

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

And among many millions of such liberated persons, one may become a devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa. Therefore such devotees are extremely rare.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.14
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. sāshe
  2. apieven
  3. tat-prāśanātby eating the remnants of food from the great sacrifice
  4. evaindeed
  5. citraketoḥfrom King Citraketu
  6. adhārayatbore
  7. garbhampregnancy
  8. kṛtadyutiḥQueen Kṛtadyuti
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Visarga · Subcreation

    How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10

  • Vātsalya · Parental affection

    Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 6.14

    In this verse: “child”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I follow the events described here without adding explanations that the verse does not give?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and briefly recall the sequence of events leading to Kṛtadyuti’s pregnancy.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛtadyuti Conceives After Receiving Sacrificial RemnantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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