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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 16]
was nicely dressed in bluish garments, with a helmet and ornaments of gold. His face appeared very happy. In the presence of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, Citraketu offered his obeisances and began to offer prayers.
In his prayers, Citraketu said that millions of universes rest in the pores of Saṅkarṣaṇa, who is limitless, having no beginning and end. The Lord is well known to the devotees for His eternity. The difference between worshiping the Lord and worshiping the demigods is that the worshiper of the Lord also becomes eternal, whereas whatever benedictions one can get from the demigods are impermanent. Unless one becomes a devotee, one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
After Citraketu finished his prayers, the unlimited Supreme Lord explained knowledge of Himself to Citraketu.
TEXT 1
श्रीवादरायणिरुवाच
अथ देवऋषी राजन् सम्परेतं नृपात्मजम् ।
दर्शयित्वेति होवाच ज्ञातीनामनुशोचताम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca atha deva-ṛṣī rājan samparetam nṛpātmajam darśayitveti hovāca jñātīnām anuśocatām
śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; atha—thus; deva-ṛṣīḥ—the great sage Nārada; rājan—O King; samparetam—dead; nṛpa-ātmajam—the son of the King; darśayitvā—making visible; iti—thus; ha—indeed; uvāca—explained; jñātīnām—to all the relatives; anuśocatām—who were lamenting.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King Parikṣit, by his mystic power the great sage Nārada brought the dead son into the vision of all the lamenting relatives and then spoke as follows.