Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.28

jyeṣṭhā śreṣṭhā ca yā rājño

mahiṣīṇāḿ ca bhārata

nāmnā kṛtadyutis tasyai

yajñocchiṣṭam adād dvijaḥ

SYNONYMS

jyeṣṭhā — the senior; śreṣṭhā — the most perfect; ca — and; — she who; rājñaḥ — of the King; mahiṣīṇām — among all the queens; ca — also; bhārataO Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the best of the Bhāratas; nāmnā — by name; kṛtadyutiḥ — Kṛtadyuti; tasyai — unto her; yajña — of the sacrifice; ucchiṣṭam — the remnants of food; adāt — delivered; dvijaḥ — the great sage (Ańgirā).

TRANSLATION

O Parīkṣit Mahārāja, best of the Bhāratas, the remnants of the food offered in the yajña were given by the great sage Ańgirā to the first and most perfect among Citraketu's millions of queens, whose name was Kṛtadyuti.

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