Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 14: The Story of King Vena

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.14.35

rishibhih svasrama-padam

gate putra-kalevaram

sunitha palayam asa

vidya-yogena socati

SYNONYMS

rishibhih -- by the sages; sva-asrama-padam -- to their own respective hermitages; gate -- having returned; putra -- of her son; kalevaram -- the body; sunitha -- Sunitha, the mother of King Vena; palayam asa -- preserved; vidya-yogena -- by mantra and ingredients; socati -- while lamenting.

TRANSLATION

After all the sages returned to their respective hermitages, the mother of King Vena, Sunitha, became very much aggrieved because of her son's death. She decided to preserve the dead body of her son by the application of certain ingredients and by chanting mantras [mantra-yogena].

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