170 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 17
citraketur uvaca
esa loka-guruh saksad
dharmam vakia Saririndm
aste mukhyah sabhayam vai
mithuni-bhiiya bharyaya
citraketuh uvéca —King Citraketu said; esah—this; loka-guruh—the
spiritual master of the people who follow Vedic instructions; séksat—
directly; dharmam—of religion; vakta—the speaker; saririnadm—for all
living entities who have accepted material bodies; dste—sits;
mukhyah—the chief; sabhadyam—in an assembly; vai—indeed;
mithuni-bhiiya—embracing; bhdryayé—with his wife.
TRANSLATION
Citraketu said: Lord Siva, the spiritual master of the general
populace, is the best of all living entities who have accepted ma-
terial bodies. He enunciates the system of religion. Yet how won-
derful it is that he is embracing his wife, Parvati, in the midst of an
assembly of great saintly persons.
TEXT 7
qereiaan = aaaTfeeATata: |
ago fad sea Ta: TST TAT 9 UI
Jata-dharas tivra-tapa
brahmavadi-sabha-patih
ankikrtya striyam cdste
gata-hrih prakrto yatha
jata-dharah—keeping matted locks of hair; tivra-tapah—highly ele-
vated due to undergoing fierce austerities and penances; brahma-vadi—
of strict followers of the Vedic principles; sabha-patih—the president of
an assembly; arkikrtya—embracing; striyam—a woman; ca—and;
aste—sits; gata-hrih—without shame; prakrtah—a person conditioned
by material nature; yathd—just as.
