Chapter 16
स इत्थं प्रतिबुद्धात्मा चित्रकेतुर्द्विजोक्तिभि: । गृहान्धकूपान्निष्क्रान्त: सर:पङ्कादिव द्विप: ॥ १५ ॥
Transliteration
sa itthaṁ pratibuddhātmā citraketur dvijoktibhiḥ gṛhāndha-kūpān niṣkrāntaḥ saraḥ-paṅkād iva dvipaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
saḥ — he; ittham — in this way; pratibuddha-ātmā — being fully aware of spiritual knowledge; citraketuḥ — King Citraketu; dvija-uktibhiḥ — by the instructions of the perfect brāhmaṇas (Aṅgirā and Nārada Muni); gṛha-andha-kūpāt — from the dark well of family life; niṣkrāntaḥ — came out; saraḥ — of a lake or reservoir of water; paṅkāt — from the mud; iva — like; dvipaḥ — an elephant.
Translation
“Thus enlightened by the instructions of the brāhmaṇas Aṅgirā and Nārada, King Citraketu became fully aware of spiritual knowledge. As an elephant becomes free from a muddy reservoir of water, King Citraketu came out of the dark well of family life.”