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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
6.14.436.14.45

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.14.44

Nirodha· Winding up
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.14.42inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

कृतद्युतिरजानन्ती सपत्नीनामघं महत् ।

सुप्त एवेति सञ्चिन्त्य निरीक्ष्य व्यचरद्गृहे ॥ ४४ ॥

kṛtadyutir ajānantī

sapatnīnām aghaṁ mahat

supta eveti sañcintya

nirīkṣya vyacarad gṛhe

Translation

Unaware of the poison administered by her co-wives, Queen Kṛtadyuti walked within the house, thinking that her son was sleeping deeply. She did not understand that he was dead.

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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.

Mistaking Death for Deep Sleep

  1. 1

    Queen Kṛtadyuti was unaware that her co-wives had administered poison.

  2. 2

    She walked within the house, thinking her son was sleeping deeply.

  3. 3

    She did not understand that her son was dead.

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:

The co-wives of Kṛtadyuti, however, were envious, and later they administered poison to the child. Citraketu was overwhelmed by shock at his son’s death.
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. kṛtadyutiḥQueen Kṛtadyuti
  2. ajānantībeing unaware of
  3. sapatnīnāmof her co-wives
  4. aghamsinful act
  5. mahatvery great
  6. suptaḥsleeping
  7. evaindeed
  8. itithus
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead

    What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 6.14

    In this verse: “understand”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Queen’s unawareness remind me about the limits of what I know?

Practice

Check one assumption about someone’s well-being by asking how they are.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayMistaking Death for Deep SleepThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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