52 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 15

Sri-Suka uvdca
ticatur mrtakopdnte
patitam mrtakopamam
Sokabhibhiitarn rajanam
bodhayantau sad-uktibhih

Sri-Sukah uvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; licatuh—they spoke;
mrtaka—the dead body; updnte—near; patitam—fallen; mrtaka-
upamam—exactly like another dead body; soka-abhibhiitam—very
much aggrieved by lamentation; rajanam—to the King; bodhayantau—
giving instruction; sat-uktibhih—by instructions that are factual, not
temporary.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: While King Citraketu, overcome by
lamentation, lay like a dead body at the side of the dead body of his
son, the two great sages Narada and Angira instructed him about
spiritual consciousness as follows.

TEXT 2

RSet Aaa Tatra FAM TAGAaLT |
ef TS HAM BE TATA: TA NN 2 II

ko ’yam syat tava rajendra
bhavan yam anusocati

tvamn casya katamah srstau
puredanim atah param

kah—who; ayam—this; sy@t—is; tava—to you; rdja-indra—O best
of kings; bhavan—Your Lordship; yam—whom; anusocati—laments
over; tuam—you; ca—and; asya—to him (the dead boy); katamah—
who; srstau—in the birth; purd—previously; idanim—at this time, at
the present; atah param—and hereafter, in the future.

TRANSLATION

O King, what relationship does the dead body for which you
lament have with you, and what relationship do you have with
