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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.15.1

श्रीशुक उवाच ऊचतुर्मृतकोपान्ते पतितं मृतकोपमम् । शोकाभिभूतं राजानं बोधयन्तौ सदुक्तिभि: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
ūcatur mṛtakopānte
[oochatur mritakopaante]
patitaṁ mṛtakopamam
[patitam mritakopamam]
śokābhibhūtaṁ rājānaṁ
[shokaabhibhootam raajaanam]
bodhayantau sad-uktibhiḥ
[bodhayantau sad-uktibhih]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
ūcatur mṛtakopānte
ūcatuḥ
they spoke
mṛtaka
the dead body
upānte
near
patitam
fallen
patitaṁ mṛtakopamam
mṛtaka-upamam
exactly like another dead body
śokābhibhūtaṁ rājānaṁ
śoka-abhibhūtam
very much aggrieved by lamentation
rājānam
to the King
bodhayantau sad-uktibhiḥ
bodhayantau
giving instruction
sat-uktibhiḥ
by instructions that are factual, not temporary.
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 Aṅgirā instructed him about spiritual consciousness as follows.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
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 Aṅgirā instructed him about spiritual consciousness as follows. In the Fifteenth Chapter the two sages deliver the King from suffering and Nārada gives him instructions on a mantra.
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Personal Guidance
As Citraketu lay like a corpse beside his dead son, the two sages Nārada and Aṅgirā began to instruct him about spiritual consciousness. Teaching arrives at the moment of total collapse.
Reflection Questions
  • Have I missed a teaching that came at the moment of my collapse because I was too undone to hear it?
  • Whose collapse near me is the right moment for a gentle word?
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