80 , Srimad-Bhagavatam [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 Sankarsana,
Citraketu offered his obeisances and began to offer prayers.

In his prayers, Citraketu said that millions of universes rest in the
pores of Sankarsana, who is limitless, having no beginning and end. The
Lord is well known to the devotees for His eternity. The difference be-
tween worshiping the Lord and worshiping the demigods is that the
worshiper of the Lord also becomes eternal, whereas whatever benedic-
tions one can get from the demigods are impermanent. Unless one be-
comes a devotee, one cannot understand the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.

After Citraketu finished his prayers, the unlimited Supreme Lord ex-
plained knowledge of Himself to Citraketu.

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$ri-badaradyanir uvaca
atha deva-rsi rajan
samparetam nrpdtmajam
darsayitveti hovdca
jaatindm anusocatam

sri-badarayanih uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; atha—thus;
deva-rsih—the great sage Narada; rajan—O King; samparetam—dead;
nrpa-atmajam—the son of the King; darsayitva —making visible; iti—
thus; ha—indeed; uvaca—explained; jndtinam—to all the relatives;
anusocatam—who were lamenting.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King Pariksit, by his mystic
power the great sage Narada brought the dead son into the vision
of all the lamenting relatives and then spoke as follows.
