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ŚB 6.17.1

Devanagari

श्रीशुक उवाच
यतश्चान्तर्हितोऽनन्तस्तस्यै कृत्वा दिशे नम: ।
विद्याधरश्चित्रकेतुश्चचार गगने चर: ॥ १ ॥

Text

śrī-śuka uvāca
yataś cāntarhito ’nantas
tasyai kṛtvā diśe namaḥ
vidyādharaś citraketuś
cacāra gagane caraḥ

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; yataḥ — in which (direction); ca — and; antarhitaḥ — disappeared; anantaḥ — the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead; tasyai — unto that; kṛtvā — after offering; diśe — direction; namaḥ — obeisances; vidyādharaḥ — the King of the Vidyādhara planet; citraketuḥ — Citraketu; cacāra — traveled; gagane — in outer space; caraḥ — moving.

Translation

Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After offering obeisances to the direction from which Ananta, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, had disappeared, Citraketu began traveling in outer space as the head of the Vidyādharas.