श्रीशुक उवाच ऊचतुर्मृतकोपान्ते पतितं मृतकोपमम् । शोकाभिभूतं राजानं बोधयन्तौ सदुक्तिभि: ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca ucatur mrtakopante patitam mrtakopamam sokabhibhutam rajanam bodhayantau sad-uktibhih
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- ucatuh
- they spoke
- mrtaka
- the dead body
- upante
- near
- patitam
- fallen
- mrtaka-upamam
- exactly like another dead body
- soka-abhibhutam
- very much aggrieved by lamentation
- rajanam
- to the King
- bodhayantau
- giving instruction
- sat-uktibhih
- by instructions that are factual, not temporary.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: While King Citraketu, overcome by lamentation, lay like a dead body at the side of the dead body of his son, the two great sages Narada and Angira instructed him about spiritual consciousness as follows.