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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.44

kṛtadyutir ajānantī

sapatnīnām aghaḿ mahat

supta eveti sañcintya

nirīkṣya vyacarad gṛhe

SYNONYMS

kṛtadyutiḥ — Queen Kṛtadyuti; ajānantī — being unaware of; sapatnīnām — of her co-wives; agham — sinful act; mahat — very great; suptaḥ — sleeping; eva — indeed; iti — thus; sañcintya — thinking; nirīkṣya — looking at; vyacarat — was walking; gṛhe — at home.

TRANSLATION

Unaware of the poison administered by her co-wives, Queen Kṛtadyuti walked within the house, thinking that her son was sleeping deeply. She did not understand that he was dead.

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