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Citraketu, King ( continued )
Aṅgirā instructs, 52–60, 67–76
Aṅgirā misunderstood by, 27
Aṅgirā received by, 16–17
chanting of  mantra  by, 110–111
charity of, on son's birth, 30–31
childless destiny of, 55
curse as mercy for, 182–183
cursed by Pārvatī, 179
curse tolerated by, 181–182, 192–193,
204
cursing of,  See:  Cursing of King Citraketu departs in airplane, 191
described, 14
devotees praised by, 62–63
enlightenment of, 61, 94–95, 97
fault of, in criticizing Śiva, 174
frustration of, with wives, 13–15
hearing about, 207
karma  accepted by, 190
knowledge requested by, 66
laments for his son, 40–41, 45–46, 48
Nārada credited by, 142
Nārada instructs, 52–60, 77
Nārada teaches prayer to, 99–107
Pārvatī criticizes, 175–178
Pārvatī's forgiveness asked by, 190
reciting history of, 208
renunciation in, 108–109
Śiva appreciated by, 171
Śiva criticized by, 170–173
Śiva praises, 192–194, 201–202
as Śiva's friend, 202
son of,  See:  Citraketu's son
transcendental success of, 108–109, 146
travels in space, 167–168
as Vṛtrāsura, 205–206
wives of, 14–15, 32–36
wives of, atonement of, 95
Citraketu, quotations from
on Āryans, or dutiful men, 136–137
on  bhāgavata-dharma , 129, 131
on conquering the Lord, 117–118
on demigods, 120
on demigod worshipers, 125–126
Citraketu, quotations from
on desires and worshiping the Lord,
127
on the Lord's all-inclusiveness, 122
on the Lord's connection with universes,
144
on the Lord's directing everything, 145
on the Lord's purifying effect, 140, 142
on religions, 131, 133–134
on Supersoul, 143
on universes as atoms in the Lord, 124
Citraketu's son
born, 29
Citraketu's affection for, 31–32
dies, 36–37
as enemy of his father, 4–85
as Harṣaśoka, 87
instructions of, on reincarnation, 82–92
Citric acid, tree producing, the Lord's creating compared to, 123
Civilization, human
criterion of, 250
See also:  Society, human
Conditioned soul,  See:  Soul, conditioned
Contraception, life unaffected by, 55–56
Cosmic manifestation,  See:  Universe
Cows
for advancing society, 250
as charity of Citraketu, 30
Creation, the
compared to a dream, 57
See also:  Material world; Universe
Creator
scientists not, 120–121
See also:  Supreme Lord, as cause of everything; Supreme Lord, as independent creator
Curse on King Citraketu
justification of, 179, 180
as the Lord's plan, 169, 182
as mercy for him, 180
by Pārvatī, 179
Pārvatī's reasons for, 175–177
Pārvatī regrets, 202, 203
Cyavana, 64