Chapter 16
तत: स सप्तरात्रान्ते विद्यया धार्यमाणया । विद्याधराधिपत्यं च लेभेऽप्रतिहतं नृप ॥ २८ ॥
Transliteration
tataḥ sa sapta-rātrānte vidyayā dhāryamāṇayā vidyādharādhipatyaṁ ca lebhe ’pratihataṁ nṛpa
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
tataḥ — from this; saḥ — he; sapta-rātra-ante — at the end of seven nights; vidyayā — by the prayers; dhāryamāṇayā — being carefully practiced; vidyādhara-adhipatyam — mastership of the Vidyādharas (as an intermediate result); ca — also; lebhe — achieved; apratihatam — undeviated from the instructions of the spiritual master; nṛpa — O King Parīkṣit.
Translation
“O King Parīkṣit, after only one week of repeatedly practicing the mantra received from the spiritual master, Citraketu achieved the rule of the planet of the Vidyādharas as an intermediate product of his spiritual advancement in knowledge.”