Text 10] Nārada and Aṅgirā Instruct King Citraketu
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memorial, he is accepting different positions in material bodies and being designated according to many divisions of nationality, community, society, species and so on.
TEXT 9
श्रीशुक उवाच
एवमाश्वासितो राजा चित्रकेतुद्विजोक्तिभिः ।
विमृज्य पाणिना वक्त्रमाधिम्लानमभाषत ॥ ९ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
evam āśvāsito rājā
citraketur dvijoktibhiḥ
vimrjya pāṇinā vaktram
ādhi-mlānam abhāṣata
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—thus; āśvāsitaḥ—being enlightened or given hope; rājā—the King; citraketuḥ—Citraketu; dvija-uktibhiḥ—by the instructions of the great brāhmaṇas (Nārada and Aṅgirā Rṣi); vimrjya—wiping off; pāṇinā—by the hand; vaktram—his face; ādhi-mlānam—shriveled due to lamentation; abhāṣata—spoke intelligently.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Thus enlightened by the instructions of Nārada and Aṅgirā, King Citraketu became hopeful with knowledge. Wiping his shriveled face with his hand, the King began to speak.
TEXT 10
श्रीराजोवाच
कौ युवां ज्ञानसम्पन्नौ महिष्ठौ च महीयसाम् ।
अवधूतेन वेषेण गूढाविह समागतौ ॥१०॥
śrī-rājovāca
kau yuvāṁ jñāna-sampannau
mahiṣṭhau ca mahīyasām