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    "name":"SB 6.15.9",
    "h1":"SB 6.15.9",
    "label":"Text 9",
    "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.15.9",
    "description":"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Thus enlightened by the instructions of Nārada and Aṅgirā, King Citraketu became hopeful with knowledge. Wiping his shriveled face with his hand, the King began to speak."
}
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====== SB 6.15.9 ======

===== Text =====

> śrī-śuka uvāca
> evam āśvāsito rājā
> citraketur dvijoktibhiḥ
> vimṛjya pāṇinā vaktram
> ādhi-mlānam abhāṣata

===== Synonyms =====

[[synonyms:ś:śrī]]-[[synonyms:ś:śukaḥ]] [[synonyms:u:uvāca]]---Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; [[synonyms:e:evam]]---thus; [[synonyms:ā:āśvāsitaḥ]]---being enlightened or given hope; [[synonyms:r:rājā]]---the King; [[synonyms:c:citraketuḥ]]---Citraketu; [[synonyms:d:dvija]]-[[synonyms:u:uktibhiḥ]]---by the instructions of the great //brāhmaṇas// (Nārada and Aṅgirā Ṛṣi); [[synonyms:v:vimṛjya]]---wiping off; [[synonyms:p:pāṇinā]]---by the hand; [[synonyms:v:vaktram]]---his face; [[synonyms:ā:ādhi]]-[[synonyms:m:mlānam]]---shriveled due to lamentation; [[synonyms:a:abhāṣata]]---spoke intelligently.

===== Translation =====

**Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Thus enlightened by the instructions of Nārada and Aṅgirā, King Citraketu became hopeful with knowledge. Wiping his shriveled face with his hand, the King began to speak.**