Text 14] King Citraketu Meets the Lord 95

TRANSLATION

After the relatives had discharged their duties by performing
the proper funeral ceremonies and burning the dead child’s body,
they gave up the affection that leads to illusion, lamentation, fear
and pain. Such affection is undoubtedly difficult to give up, but
they gave it up very easily.

TEXT 14

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bala-ghnyo vriditds tatra
bala-hatyd-hata-prabhah

bala-hatyd-vratam cerur
bréhmanair yan niripitam

yamunayam maharaja
smarantyo dvija-bhasitam

bala-ghnyah—the killers of the child; vriditah—being very much
ashamed; tatra—there; bdala-hatya—because of killing the child;
hata—having lost; prabhah—all bodily luster; bala-hatyd-vratam—the
atonement for killing the child; ceruh—executed; brahmanaih—by the
priests; yat—which; niriipitam—described; yamunayam—at the River
Yamuna; mahd-raja—O King Pariksit; smarantyah—remembering;
dvija-bhdsitam—the statement given by the brahmana.

TRANSLATION

Queen Krtyadyuti’s co-wives, who had poisoned the child, were
very much ashamed, and they lost all their bodily luster. While
lamenting, O King, they remembered the instructions of Angira
and gave up their ambition to bear children. Following the direc-
tions of the brahmanas, they went to the bank of the Yamuna,
where they bathed and atoned for their sinful activities.
