SB 6.15.1
TEXT 1
- śrī-śuka uvāca
- ūcatur mṛtakopānte
- patitaṁ mṛtakopamam
- śokābhibhūtaṁ rājānaṁ
- bodhayantau sad-uktibhiḥ
SYNONYMS
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.