Devi Bhagavatam 9.46.14 — Devotion & Grace of the Goddess, Skandha 9, Adhyaya 46, Shloka 14
Shashthi Upakhyana Varnanam: The Story of Goddess Shashthi
श्मशानं च ययौ राजा गृहीत्वा बालकं मुने । रुरोद तत्र कान्तारे पुत्रं कृत्वा स्ववक्षसि
śmaśānaṃ ca yayau rājā gṛhītvā bālakaṃ mune . ruroda tatra kāntāre putraṃ kṛtvā svavakṣasi
အို မုနိ။ ရှင်ဘုရင်သည် သေဆုံးနေသော ကလေးကို ယူဆောင်ကာ သုသာန်သို့ သွားခဲ့သည်။ ထိုဆိတ်ငြိမ်သော နေရာတွင် သူသည် သားတော်ကို ရင်ခွင်၌ ပိုက်ထားကာ ငိုကြွေးလေသည်။
Narayana
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Story Arc Position: setup
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Maya Aspect: Avidya-Maya
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Narrator: Narayana
Listener: Narada
Dialogue Context: Describing the king's actions in the cremation ground
Narrative Layer: embedded
Text: Reflects the traditional Hindu rites where the deceased, including infants, are taken to the Shmashana.
Text: The Shmashana (cremation ground) is traditionally a place of ultimate detachment, but here it serves as the stage for the king's deepest worldly attachment and impending divine grace.
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The king took the dead infant to the cremation ground (Shmashana).
Overcome with grief, he held the dead child to his chest and wept bitterly in the desolate forest.
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