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Citraketu Stuti chitrakēturuvācha । ajita jitaḥ samamatibhiḥ sādhubhi- rbhavān jitātmabhirbhavatā । vijitāstē'pi cha bhajatāmakāmātmanāṃ ya ātmadō'tikaruṇaḥ ॥ 34 ॥ Chitraketu said: O unconquerable Lord, You are conquered by those saintly souls who possess equal vision and have mastered themselves. Even though You are beyond victory, You become controlled by Your devotees because You lovingly give Yourself to those who worship...

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Citraketu Stuti

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Citraketu Stuti

chitrakēturuvācha ।

ajita jitaḥ samamatibhiḥ sādhubhi-
rbhavān jitātmabhirbhavatā ।
vijitāstē’pi cha bhajatāmakāmātmanāṃ
ya ātmadō’tikaruṇaḥ ॥ 34 ॥

Chitraketu said: O unconquerable Lord, You are conquered by those saintly souls who possess equal vision and have mastered themselves. Even though You are beyond victory, You become controlled by Your devotees because You lovingly give Yourself to those who worship You without selfish desires.

tava vibhavaḥ khalu bhagavan
jagadudayasthitilayādīni ।
viśvasṛjastēṃ’śāṃśāstatra
mṛṣā spardhantē pṛthagabhimatyā ॥ 35 ॥

O Supreme Lord, the creation, maintenance and destruction of this universe are performed through Your divine energies. The creators of the world are only small portions of Your unlimited power, yet they falsely compete with one another due to separate identification.

paramāṇuparamamahatōstva-
mādyantāntaravartī trayavidhuraḥ ।
ādāvantē’pi cha sattvānāṃ
yaddhruvaṃ tadēvāntarālē’pi ॥ 36 ॥

You exist within everything from the smallest atom to the greatest cosmic form. You have no beginning, middle or end. You remain eternally present at the beginning, middle and end of all living beings.

kṣityādibhirēṣa kilāvṛtaḥ
saptabhirdaśaguṇōttarairaṇḍakōśaḥ ।
yatra patatyaṇukalpaḥ
sahāṇḍakōṭikōṭibhistadanantaḥ ॥ 37 ॥

This universe, surrounded by layers of earth and other elements, each ten times greater than the previous one, appears extremely vast. Yet compared to You, O Lord, it is like a tiny particle among countless millions of universes.

viṣayatṛṣō narapaśavō
ya upāsatē vibhūtīrna paraṃ tvām ।
tēṣāmāśiṣa īśa tadanu
vinaśyanti yathā rājakulam ॥ 38 ॥

Those human beings who are attached to worldly pleasures and worship only Your temporary manifestations instead of Your supreme form, their desires eventually perish just like the wealth and power of a fallen royal family.

kāmadhiyastvayi rachitā
na parama rōhanti yathā karambhabījāni ।
jñānātmanyaguṇamayē
guṇagaṇatō’sya dvandvajālāni ॥ 39 ॥

Desires created with selfish motives cannot rise toward the Supreme Lord, just as infertile seeds cannot grow. For the Supreme Self, who is beyond material qualities, the dualities of this world have no influence.

jitamajita tadā bhavatā
yadāha bhāgavataṃ dharmamanavadyam ।
niṣkiñchanā yē munaya ātmārāmā
yamupāsatē’pavargāya ॥ 40 ॥

O unconquerable Lord, You are conquered when You revealed the pure Bhāgavata Dharma, which is followed by self-satisfied sages who have renounced worldly possessions and seek liberation.

viṣamamatirna yatra nṛṇāṃ
tvamahamiti mama tavēti cha yadanyatra ।
viṣamadhiyā rachitō yaḥ
sa hyaviśuddhaḥ kṣayiṣṇuradharmabahulaḥ ॥ 41 ॥

Where people do not see distinctions such as “You”, “I”, “mine” and “yours”, there is true purity. But a mentality based on separation creates impurity, temporary existence and increasing unrighteousness.

na hi bhagavannaghaṭitamidaṃ
tvaddarśanānnṛṇāmakhilapāpakṣayaḥ । yannāma sakṛchChravaṇātpulkasakō’pi
vimuchyatē saṃsārāt ॥ 44 ॥

O Lord, nothing is impossible by Your divine vision. Even a person of the lowest condition can become free from worldly bondage simply by hearing Your holy name once.

namastubhyaṃ bhagavatē sakalajaga-
tsthitilayōdayēśāya ।
duravasitātmagatayē
kuyōgināṃ bhidā paramahaṃsāya ॥ 47 ॥

I offer my respectful obeisances to You, O Supreme Lord, the master of creation, preservation and destruction of the universe. You are understood by pure souls but remain beyond the understanding of misguided minds.

yaṃ vai śvasantamanu viśvasṛjaḥ śvasanti
yaṃ chēkitānamanu chittaya uchchakanti ।
bhūmaṇḍalaṃ sarṣapāyati yasya mūrdhni
tasmai namō bhagavatē’stu sahasramūrdhnē ॥ 48 ॥

I offer thousands of obeisances to that Supreme Lord with countless heads, by whose breathing the creators of the universe breathe, whose consciousness illuminates all minds, and upon whose head the entire universe appears as small as a mustard seed.

॥ iti śrīmadbhāgavatamahāpurāṇē
ṣaṣṭhaskandhē ṣōḍaśādhyāyāntargataṃ
chitrakētukṛtaṃ anantastōtram ॥

Thus ends the Ananta Stotra composed by King Chitraketu, found in the Sixteenth Chapter of the Sixth Canto of Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa.

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