Canto 6, Chapter 14

King Citraketu’s Lamentation

Verse 59 (SB 6.14.59)
SB 6.14.59 • मूल श्लोक

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

Transliteration

śrī-śuka uvāca vilapantyā mṛtaṁ putram iti citra-vilāpanaiḥ citraketur bhṛśaṁ tapto mukta-kaṇṭho ruroda ha

Synonyms (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.

Translation

“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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda