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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
6.14.476.14.49

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.14.48

Ūti· What drives us to act
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.14.42inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

पपात भूमौ परिवृद्धया शुचा

मुमोह विभ्रष्टशिरोरुहाम्बरा ॥ ४८ ॥

papāta bhūmau parivṛddhayā śucā

mumoha vibhraṣṭa-śiroruhāmbarā

Translation

In great lamentation, her hair and dress in disarray, the Queen fell to the ground unconscious.

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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.

Grief Overwhelms the Queen

  1. 1

    The Queen was overcome by great lamentation.

  2. 2

    Her hair and dress were in disarray.

  3. 3

    She fell to the ground unconscious.

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:

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 summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.14
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. papātafell down
  2. bhūmauon the ground
  3. parivṛddhayāhighly increased
  4. śucāout of lamentation
  5. mumohashe became unconscious
  6. vibhraṣṭascattered
  7. śiroruhahair
  8. ambarāand dress
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Ūti · The creative impetus

    Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 6.14

    In this verse: “lamentation”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Does this account help me recognize how deeply grief can affect the body?

Practice

Pause over this verse and consider the Queen’s suffering without judging her outward condition.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayGrief Overwhelms the QueenThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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