SB 6.14.59 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.14.59

श्रीशुक उवाच विलपन्त्या मृतं पुत्रमिति चित्रविलापनै: । चित्रकेतुर्भृशं तप्तो मुक्तकण्ठो रुरोद ह ॥ ५९ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

[shree-shuka uvaacha]

vilapantyā mṛtaṁ putram

[vilapantyaa mritam putram]

iti citra-vilāpanaiḥ

[iti chitra-vilaapanaih]

citraketur bhṛśaṁ tapto

[chitraketur bhrisham tapto]

mukta-kaṇṭho ruroda ha

[mukta-kantho ruroda ha]

Word-for-word

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said vilapantyā — with the woman who was lamenting mṛtam — dead putram — for the son iti — thus citra-vilāpanaiḥ — with various lamentations citraketuḥ — King Citraketu bhṛśam — very much taptaḥ — aggrieved mukta-kaṇṭhaḥ — loudly ruroda — cried ha — indeed.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

śrī-śuka uvāca

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said

vilapantyā mṛtaṁ putram

vilapantyā

with the woman who was lamenting

mṛtam

dead

putram

for the son

iti citra-vilāpanaiḥ

iti

thus

citra-vilāpanaiḥ

with various lamentations

citraketur bhṛśaṁ tapto

citraketuḥ

King Citraketu

bhṛśam

very much

taptaḥ

aggrieved

mukta-kaṇṭho ruroda ha

mukta-kaṇṭhaḥ

loudly

ruroda

cried

indeed.

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Accompanied by his wife, who was thus lamenting for her dead son, King Citraketu began crying loudly with an open mouth, being greatly aggrieved.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Accompanied by his wife, who was thus lamenting for her dead son, King Citraketu, greatly aggrieved, began crying loudly. Vilapantyā means “along with his lamenting wife.”

Personal Guidance

Citraketu, joined by his lamenting wife, cried openly with a wide mouth, deeply aggrieved. The king sets aside dignity and weeps openly.

Reflection Questions

Have I given myself permission to weep with open mouth?
Whose witnessed weeping might give me that permission?

📝 My note

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