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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Canto 6 · Chapter 16: King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord
6.16.486.16.50

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.16.49

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.16.49inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

संस्तुतो भगवानेवमनन्तस्तमभाषत ।

विद्याधरपतिं प्रीतश्चित्रकेतुं कुरूद्वह ॥ ४९ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

saṁstuto bhagavān evam

anantas tam abhāṣata

vidyādhara-patiṁ prītaś

citraketuṁ kurūdvaha

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: The Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Anantadeva, being very much pleased with the prayers offered by Citraketu, the King of the Vidyādharas, replied to him as follows, O best of the Kuru dynasty, Mahārāja Parīkṣit.

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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.

The Lord Is Pleased by Citraketu’s Prayers

  1. 1

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes Anantadeva as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Anantadeva was very pleased with the prayers offered by Citraketu, the King of the Vidyādharas.

  3. 3

    Being pleased, the Lord replied to Citraketu. Śukadeva Gosvāmī recounts this response to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.

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 16: King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Unless one becomes a devotee, one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. After Citraketu finished his prayers, the unlimited Supreme Lord explained knowledge of Himself to Citraketu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 6.16
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. saṁstutaḥbeing worshiped
  3. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. evamin this way
  5. anantaḥLord Ananta
  6. tamunto him
  7. abhāṣatareplied
  8. vidyādhara-patimthe King of the Vidyādharas
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 6.16

    In this verse: “king”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the Lord’s pleasure in Citraketu’s prayers encourage me to offer my own?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to offer a short prayer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Is Pleased by Citraketu’s PrayersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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