Text 3] Mother Parvati Curses Citraketu 167
head, had disappeared, Citraketu began traveling in outer space as
the head of the Vidyadharas.
TEXTS 2-3
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sa laksarn varsa-laksandm
avyahata-balendriyah
stiiyamano mahd-yogi
munibhih siddha-cadranaih
kulacalendra-dronisu
nana-sarkalpa-siddhisu
reme vidyadhara-stribhir
gapayan harim isvaram
sah—he (Citraketu); /aksam—one hundred thousand; varsa—of
years; laksdnam—one hundred thousand; avydhata—without
hindrance; bala-indriyah—whose strength and power of the senses;
stiiyamadnah—being praised; mahd-yogi—the great mystic yogi;
munibhih—by saintly persons; siddha-cdranaih—by the Siddhas and
Caranas; kulacalendra-dronisu—within the valleys of the great moun-
tain known as Kulacalendra, or Sumeru; nénd-sankalpa-siddhisu—
where one becomes perfect in all kinds of mystic power; reme—enjoyed;
vidyadhara-stribhih—with the women of the Vidyaddhara planet;
gapayan—causing to praise; harim—the Supreme Personality of God-
head, Hari; isvaram—the controller.
TRANSLATION
Being praised by great sages and saints and by the inhabitants of
Siddhaloka and Caranaloka, Citraketu, the most powerful mystic
yogi, wandered about enjoying life for millions of years. With
bodily strength and senses free from deterioration, he traveled
