Chapter 15
श्रीशुक उवाच ऊचतुर्मृतकोपान्ते पतितं मृतकोपमम् । शोकाभिभूतं राजानं बोधयन्तौ सदुक्तिभि: ॥ १ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-śuka uvāca ūcatur mṛtakopānte patitaṁ mṛtakopamam śokābhibhūtaṁ rājānaṁ bodhayantau sad-uktibhiḥ
Synonyms (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.
Translation
“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.”