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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.17.1

श्रीशुक उवाच यतश्चान्तर्हितोऽनन्तस्तस्यै कृत्वा दिशे नम: । विद्याधरश्चित्रकेतुश्चचार गगने चर: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
yataś cāntarhito ’nantas
[yatash chaantarhito ’nantas]
tasyai kṛtvā diśe namaḥ
[tasyai kritvaa dishe namah]
vidyādharaś citraketuś
[vidyaadharash chitraketush]
cacāra gagane caraḥ
[chachaara gagane charah]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said yataḥ — in 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 citraketuḥ — Citraketu cacāra — traveled gagane — in outer space caraḥ — moving.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
yataś cāntarhito ’nantas
yataḥ
in which (direction)
ca
and
antarhitaḥ
disappeared
anantaḥ
the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead
tasyai
unto that
tasyai kṛtvā diśe namaḥ
kṛtvā
after offering
diśe
direction
namaḥ
obeisances
vidyādharaś citraketuś
vidyādharaḥ
the King of the Vidyādhara planet
citraketuḥ
Citraketu
cacāra gagane caraḥ
cacāra
traveled
gagane
in outer space
caraḥ
moving.
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After offering obeisances to the direction from which Ananta had disappeared, Citraketu began traveling in outer space as the head of the Vidyādharas. The Seventeenth Chapter describes how Citraketu, as leader of the Vidyādharas, laughed at Śiva and received a curse from Śiva’s wife to become Vṛtrāsura. Yataḥ ṁeans “in the direction.”
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Personal Guidance
Offering obeisances in the direction Ananta disappeared, Citraketu began traveling outer space as head of the Vidyādharas. After divine vision, life resumes — but at a new altitude.
Reflection Questions
  • Where has a vision ended and the new altitude work begun?
  • What 'direction of disappearance' do I still face when I worship?
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