Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 8: The Nārāyaṇa-kavaca Shield

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.8.39

tasyopari vimānena

gandharva-patir ekadā

yayau citrarathaḥ strībhir

vṛto yatra dvija-kṣayaḥ

SYNONYMS

tasya — his dead body; upari — above; vimānena — by airplane; gandharva-patiḥ — the King of Gandharvaloka, Citraratha; ekadā — once upon a time; yayau — went; citrarathaḥCitraratha; strībhiḥ — by many beautiful women; vṛtaḥ — surrounded; yatra — where; dvija-kṣayaḥ — the brāhmaṇa Kauśika had died.

TRANSLATION

Surrounded by many beautiful women, Citraratha, the King of Gandharvaloka, was once passing in his airplane over the brāhmaṇa's body at the spot where the brāhmaṇa had died.

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