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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 14]
evam —thus;  vikalpitaḥ —questioned;  rājan —O King Parīkṣit;  viduṣā —greatly learned;  muninā —by the philosopher;  api —although;  saḥ —he (King Citraketu);  praśraya-avanataḥ —being bent low due to humility;  abhyāha —replied;  prajā-kāmaḥ —desiring offspring;  tataḥ —thereafter;  munim —to the great sage.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmi said: O King Parīkṣit, although the great sage Aṅgirā knew everything, he inquired from the King in this way. Thus King Citraketu, desiring a son, bent low in great humility and spoke to the great sage as follows.
PURPORT
Since the face is the index to the mind, a saintly person can study the condition of one's mind by seeing his face. When Aṅgirā Rṣi remarked about the King's discolored face, King Citraketu explained the cause of his anxiety as follows.
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चित्रकेतुरुपात्र
भगवन् किं न विदितं तपोज्ञानसमाधिमिः ।
योगिनां ध्वस्तपापानां बहिरन्तः शरीरिषु ॥२३॥
citraketur uvāca
bhagavan kim na viditam
tapo-jñāna-samādhibhiḥ
yoginām dhvasta-pāpānām
bahir antaḥ śarīriṣu
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.