Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 14 Verse 35

Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 14: The Story of King Vena

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.14.35

ṛṣibhiḥ svāśrama-padaḿ

gate putra-kalevaram

sunīthā pālayām āsa

vidyā-yogena śocatī

SYNONYMS

ṛṣibhiḥ — by the sages; sva-āśrama-padam — to their own respective hermitages; gate — having returned; putra — of her son; kalevaram — the body; sunīthā — Sunīthā, the mother of King Vena; pālayām āsa — preserved; vidyā-yogena — by mantra and ingredients; śocatī — while lamenting.

TRANSLATION

After all the sages returned to their respective hermitages, the mother of King Vena, Sunīthā, became very much aggrieved because of her son's death. She decided to preserve the dead body of her son by the application of certain ingredients and by chanting mantras [mantra-yogena].

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