Citraketu katha


Topics covered:

SB 6.14: King Citraketu’s Lamentation
  • The mystery of Vritrasura: sinful demon or great saint
  • A real devotee of God is extremely rare
  • Kings Citraketus ten million barren wives
  • The sage Angira visits the king
  • The kings deep anxiety
  • Citraketus empire means nothing without son
  • A son is born to the king
  • Thesonless queens condemn themselves
  • The queens poison the baby
  • Griefdevastates king Citraketu
  • The queens blames the Supreme Lord for her sons death
  • Thekingdom becomes an ocean of lamentation
SB 6.15: The Saints Nārada and Angirā Instruct King Citraketu
  • Conditioned souls are joined andseparated by time
  • The Supreme Lord controls everything
  • King Citraketus enlightenment
  • Great souls wander the earth to instruct people
  • Wife, children and home are mental concoctions
  • The body is the source of all miseries
SB 6.16: King Citraketu Meets the Supreme Lord
  • King Citraketus death son speaks
  • Traveling from the womb to womb
  • The living entity is equal in quality to God
  • Citraketu leaves family life
  • Narada gives a mantra to Citraketu
  • Material words and minds cannot approach the Lord
  • Angira and Narada depart for the topmost planet
  • Citraketu attains the shelter of Anantadeva
  • Prayers of Citraketu to lord Shesha
  • The beginning, middle and end of everything
  • Escaping the repetition of birth and death
  • Low - class religious systems are full of envy
  • Aryans worship the Supreme Lord
  • Hearing the holy names purifies one
  • Anantadeva addresses Citraketu
  • The dreaming condition of the living entities
  • The perfection of human life
SB 6.17: Mother Pārvatī Curses Citraketu
  • Citraketu travels in outer space
  • Citraketu laughs at Lord Shivas embracing his wife
  • Parvati is furious with Citraketu
  • Parvati curses him to be born in a family of demons
  • Citraketu calmly accepts the curse
  • Happiness and distress flow like the waves of a river
  • Lord Shiva praises the glories of devotees
  • The devotee is detached from this world
  • King Citraketu takes birth as demon Vritrasura