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1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 6 · Chapter 17: Mother Pārvatī Curses Citraketu

6.16.65 6.17.2-3

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 6.17.1

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 6.17.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

यतश्चान्तर्हितोऽनन्तस्तस्यै कृत्वा दिशे नम: ।

विद्याधरश्चित्रकेतुश्चचार गगने चर: ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

yataś cāntarhito ’nantas

tasyai kṛtvā diśe namaḥ

vidyādharaś citraketuś

cacāra gagane caraḥ

Translation

Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After offering obeisances to the direction from which Ananta, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, had disappeared, Citraketu began traveling in outer space as the head of the Vidyādharas.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Offer Respect Before Moving On

1
Citraketu offered obeisances toward the direction in which Ananta, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, had disappeared.
2
Even after the Lord disappeared, Citraketu expressed his reverence.
3
After offering obeisances, Citraketu began traveling in outer space as the head of the Vidyādharas.

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 17: Mother Pārvatī Curses Citraketu

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Engaging in the congregational chanting of the glories of the Lord, he began flying his plane and traveling in outer space. One day while traveling like this, he wandered into the bowers of Sumeru Mountain, where he came upon Lord Śiva embracing Pārvatī, surrounded by an assembly of Siddhas, Cāraṇas and great sages.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 6.17

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
yataḥin which (direction)
caand
antarhitaḥdisappeared
anantaḥthe unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead
tasyaiunto that
kṛtvāafter offering
diśedirection

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

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you make room for offering respect to the Lord before beginning your activities?

Practice

Before starting one activity today, pause and offer obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayOffer Respect Before Moving OnThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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