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maitreya uvāca dhruvaṁ nivṛttaṁ pratibuddhya vaiśasād apeta-manyuṁ bhagavān dhaneśvaraḥ tatrāgataś cāraṇa-yakṣa-kinnaraiḥ saṁstūyamāno nyavadat kṛtāñjalim

The great sage Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, Dhruva Mahārāja’s anger subsided, and he completely ceased killing Yakṣas. When Kuvera, …

dhanada uvāca bhoḥ bhoḥ kṣatriya-dāyāda parituṣṭo ’smi te ’nagha yat tvaṁ pitāmahādeśād vairaṁ dustyajam atyajaḥ

The master of the treasury, Kuvera, said: O sinless son of a kṣatriya, I am very glad to know that …

na bhavān avadhīd yakṣān na yakṣā bhrātaraṁ tava kāla eva hi bhūtānāṁ prabhur apyaya-bhāvayoḥ

Actually, you have not killed the Yakṣas, nor have they killed your brother, for the ultimate cause of generation and …

When the master of the treasury addressed him as sinless, Dhruva Mahārāja, considering himself responsible for killing so many Yakṣas, …

ahaṁ tvam ity apārthā dhīr ajñānāt puruṣasya hi svāpnīvābhāty atad-dhyānād yayā bandha-viparyayau

Misidentification of oneself and others as “I” and “you” on the basis of the bodily concept of life is a …

The conception of “I” and “you,” ahaṁ tvam, as separate from each other, is due to our forgetfulness of our …

tad gaccha dhruva bhadraṁ te bhagavantam adhokṣajam sarva-bhūtātma-bhāvena sarva-bhūtātma-vigraham

My dear Dhruva, come forward. May the Lord always grace you with good fortune. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who …

Here the word vigraham, “having specific form,” is very significant, for it indicates that the Absolute Truth is ultimately the …

bhajasva bhajanīyāṅghrim abhavāya bhava-cchidam yuktaṁ virahitaṁ śaktyā guṇa-mayyātma-māyayā

Engage yourself fully, therefore, in the devotional service of the Lord, for only He can deliver us from this entanglement …

In continuation of the previous verse, it is specifically mentioned here that Dhruva Mahārāja should engage himself in devotional service. …

vṛṇīhi kāmaṁ nṛpa yan mano-gataṁ mattas tvam auttānapade ’viśaṅkitaḥ varaṁ varārho ’mbuja-nābha-pādayor anantaraṁ tvāṁ vayam aṅga śuśruma

My dear Dhruva Mahārāja, son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, we have heard that you are constantly engaged in transcendental loving service …

Dhruva Mahārāja, the son of King Uttānapāda, was already known throughout the universe as a great devotee of the Lord, …

maitreya uvāca sa rāja-rājena varāya codito dhruvo mahā-bhāgavato mahā-matiḥ harau sa vavre ’calitāṁ smṛtiṁ yayā taraty ayatnena duratyayaṁ tamaḥ