Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 17: Mother Pārvatī Curses Citraketu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.17.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

yataś cāntarhito 'nantas

tasyai kṛtvā diśe namaḥ

vidyādharaś citraketuś

cacāra gagane caraḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; yataḥin which (direction); ca — and; antarhitaḥ — disappeared; anantaḥ — the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead; tasyai — unto that; kṛtvā — after offering; diśe — direction; namaḥ — obeisances; vidyādharaḥ — the King of the Vidyādhara planet; citraketuḥCitraketu; cacāra — traveled; gaganein outer space; caraḥ — moving.

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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