Pārvatī Curses Citraketu
Chapter Seventeen
Pārvatī Curses Citraketu
|| 6.17.1 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
yataś cāntarhito 'nantas
tasyai kṛtvā diśe namaḥ
vidyādharaś citraketuś
cacāra gagane caraḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After offering obeisances to the direction from which Ananta had disappeared, Citraketu began traveling in outer space as the head of the Vidyādharas.
The Seventeenth Chapter describes how Citraketu, as leader of the Vidyādharas, laughed at Śiva and received a curse from Śiva’s wife to become Vṛtrāsura. Yataḥ ṁeans “in the direction.”
|| 6.17.2-3 ||
sa lakṣaṁ varṣa-lakṣāṇām
avyāhata-balendriyaḥ
stūyamāno mahā-yogī
munibhiḥ siddha-cāraṇaiḥ
kulācalendra-droṇīṣu
nānā-saṅkalpa-siddhiṣu
reme vidyādhara-strībhir
gāpayan harim īśvaram
Praised by great sages and by the inhabitants of Siddhaloka and Cāraṇaloka, Citraketu, the most powerful yogī, with bodily strength and senses free from deterioration, chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord, enjoyed life with the women of Vidyādhara-loka for a hundred thousand years within the valleys of Sumeru Mountain, which is the place of perfection for various kinds of mystic power.
He gave up all vows for various powers which were available there and glorified the Lord. He was absorbed in hearing about and chanting about the qualities of the Lord.
|| 6.17.4-5 ||
ekadā sa vimānena
viṣṇu-dattena bhāsvatā
giriśaṁ dadṛśe gacchan
parītaṁ siddha-cāraṇaiḥ
āliṅgyāṅkīkṛtāṁ devīṁ
bāhunā muni-saṁsadi
uvāca devyāḥ śṛṇvantyā
jahāsoccais tad-antike
One time while King Citraketu was traveling in outer space on a brilliant airplane given to him by Lord Viṣṇu, he saw Lord Śiva, surrounded by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, embracing Pārvatī on his lap with his arm in an assembly of sages. Citraketu laughed loudly and spoke, within the hearing of Pārvatī.
The Lord feeling separation from Citraketu, after giving him wealth along with bhakti, gave him the body of Vṛtrāsura by the curse of Pārvatī and brought him to his side.
Aṅgīkṛtam means “being half his body.”
|| 6.17.6 ||
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