—json {
"name":"SB 6.15.1", "h1":"SB 6.15.1", "label":"Text 1", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.15.1", "description":"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."
} —
śrī-śuka uvāca
ūcatur mṛtakopānte
patitaṁ mṛtakopamam
śokābhibhūtaṁ rājānaṁ
bodhayantau sad-uktibhiḥ
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.
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.