स इत्थं प्रतिबुद्धात्मा चित्रकेतुर्द्विजोक्तिभि: । गृहान्धकूपान्निष्क्रान्त: सर:पङ्कादिव द्विप: ॥ १५ ॥
sa ittham pratibuddhatma citraketur dvijoktibhih grhandha-kupan niskrantah sarah-pankad iva dvipah
- sah
- he
- ittham
- in this way
- pratibuddha-atma
- being fully aware of spiritual knowledge
- citraketuh
- King Citraketu
- dvija-uktibhih
- by the instructions of the perfect brahmanas (Angira and Narada Muni)
- grha-andha-kupat
- from the dark well of family life
- niskrantah
- came out
- sarah
- of a lake or reservoir of water
- pankat
- from the mud
- iva
- like
- dvipah
- an elephant.
Thus enlightened by the instructions of the brahmanas Angira and Narada, King Citraketu became fully aware of spiritual knowledge. As an elephant becomes free from a muddy reservoir of water, King Citraketu came out of the dark well of family life.