Text 36] Mother Parvati Curses Citraketu 203

instructions of Lord Siva, Parvati must have been very much ashamed
for cursing Citraketu to become a demon. Mother Parvati could not ap-
preciate Citraketu’s position, and therefore she cursed him, but when
she understood the instructions of Lord Siva she was ashamed.

TEXT 36

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Sri-Suka uvdca
iti Srutva. bhagavatah
Sivasyomabhibhasitam
babhiiva santa-dhi rdjan
devi vigata-vismaya

Sri-Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti—thus; Srutva—
hearing; bhagavatah—of the most powerful demigod; sivasya—of Lord
Siva; uma@—Parvati; abhibhasitam—instruction; babhiva—became;
Santa-dhih—very peaceful; rajan—O King Pariksit; devi—the goddess;
vigata-vismaya—released from astonishment.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, after hearing this speech by
her husband, the demigoddess [Uma, the wife of Lord Siva] gave
up her astonishment at the behavior of King Citraketu and became
steady in intelligence.

PURPORT

Srila Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that the word Sdanta-
dhih means sviya-pirva-svabhava-smrtya. When Parvati remembered
her former behavior in cursing Citraketu, she became very much
ashamed and covered her face with the skirt of her sari, admitting that
she was wrong in cursing Citraketu.
