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Mother Pārvatī Curses Citraketu
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life. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura comments that Mahārāja Citraketu's being cursed by Pārvatī should be considered the mercy of the Lord. The Lord wanted Citraketu to return to Godhead as soon as possible, and therefore he terminated all the reactions of his past deeds. Acting through the heart of Pārvatī, the Lord, who is situated in every-one's heart, cursed Citraketu in order to end all his material reactions. Thus Citraketu became Vṛtrāsura in his next life and returned home, back to Godhead.
TEXT 18
संसारचक्र एतस्मिञ्जन्तुरज्ञानमोहितः । 
    भ्राम्यन् सुखं च दुःखं च भुङ्क्ते सर्वत्र सर्वदा ॥१८॥
saṁsāra-cakra etasmīn 
    jantur ajñāna-mohitaḥ 
    bhrāmyan sukhaṁ ca duḥkhaṁ ca 
    bhuṅkte sarvatra sarvadā
saṁsāra-cakre—in the wheel of material existence; etasmīn—this; 
    jantuḥ—the living entity; ajñāna-mohitaḥ—being bewildered by ignorance; 
    bhrāmyan—wandering; sukhaṁ—happiness; ca—and; 
    duḥkhaṁ—distress; ca—also; bhuṅkte—he undergoes; sarvatra— 
    everywhere; sarvadā—always.
TRANSLATION
Deluded by ignorance, the living entity wanders in the forest of this material world, enjoying the happiness and distress resulting from his past deeds, everywhere and at all times. [Therefore, my dear mother, neither you nor I am to be blamed for this incident.]
PURPORT
As confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (3.27):
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni 
    guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ 
    ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā 
    kartāham iti manyate