Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.15.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

ūcatur mṛtakopānte

patitaḿ mṛtakopamam

śokābhibhūtaḿ rājānaḿ

bodhayantau sad-uktibhiḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ūcatuḥ — they spoke; mṛtaka — the dead body; upānte — near; patitam — fallen; mṛtaka-upamam — exactly like another dead body; śoka-abhibhūtam — very much aggrieved by lamentation; rājānam — to the King; bodhayantau — giving instruction; sat-uktibhiḥ — by instructions that are factual, not temporary.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While King Citraketu, overcome by lamentation, lay like a dead body at the side of the dead body of his son, the two great sages Nārada and Ańgirā instructed him about spiritual consciousness as follows.

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