SB 6.14.23

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Sixth Canto - Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

SB 6.14.22 - SB 6.14.24

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 23

citraketur uvāca

bhagavan kiṁ na viditaṁ

tapo-jñāna-samādhibhiḥ

yogināṁ dhvasta-pāpānāṁ

bahir antaḥ śarīriṣu

SYNONYMS

citraketuḥ uvāca—King Citraketu replied; bhagavan—O most powerful sage; kim—what; na—not; viditam—is understood; tapaḥ—by austerity; jñāna—knowledge; samādhibhiḥ—and by samādhi (trance, transcendental meditation); yoginām—by the great yogīs or devotees; dhvasta-pāpānām—who are fully freed from all sinful reactions; bahiḥ—externally; antaḥ—internally; śarīriṣu—in conditioned souls, who have material bodies.

TRANSLATION

King Citraketu said: O great lord Aṅgirā, because of austerity, knowledge and transcendental samādhi, you are freed from all the reactions of sinful life. Therefore, as a perfect yogī, you can understand everything external and internal regarding embodied, conditioned souls like us.

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