Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 - Chapter 9

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: दैवीं मायामुपाश्रित्य प्रसुप्त इव भिन्नद‍ृक् । तप्ये द्वितीयेऽप्यसति भ्रातृभ्रातृव्यहृद्रुजा ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: daivīṁ māyām upāśrityaprasupta iva bhinna-dṛktapye dvitīye ’py asatibhrātṛ-bhrātṛvya-hṛd-rujā Translation: Dhruva Mahārāja lamented: I was under the influence of the illusory energy; being ignorant of the actual facts, I was sleeping on her lap. Under a vision of duality, I saw my brother as my enemy, and falsely I lamented within my heart, thinking, “They are my enemies....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: मयैतत्प्रार्थितं व्यर्थं चिकित्सेव गतायुषि । प्रसाद्य जगदात्मानं तपसा दुष्प्रसादनम् । भवच्छिदमयाचेऽहं भवं भाग्यविवर्जित: ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: mayaitat prārthitaṁ vyarthaṁcikitseva gatāyuṣiprasādya jagad-ātmānaṁtapasā duṣprasādanambhava-cchidam ayāce ’haṁbhavaṁ bhāgya-vivarjitaḥ Translation: It is very difficult to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but in my case, although I have satisfied the Supersoul of the whole universe, I have prayed only for useless things. My activities were exactly like treatment given to a person who is already dead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35 Sanskrit: वाराज्यं यच्छतो मौढ्यान्मानो मे भिक्षितो बत । ईश्वरात्क्षीणपुण्येन फलीकारानिवाधन: ॥ ३५ ॥ ITRANS: svārājyaṁ yacchato mauḍhyānmāno me bhikṣito bataīśvarāt kṣīṇa-puṇyenaphalī-kārān ivādhanaḥ Translation: Because of my state of complete foolishness and paucity of pious activities, although the Lord offered me His personal service, I wanted material name, fame and prosperity. My case is just like that of the poor man who, when he satisfied a great emperor who wanted to give him anything he might ask, out of ignorance asked only a few broken grains of husked rice....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचन वै मुकुन्दस्य पदारविन्दयोरजोजुषस्तात भवाद‍ृशा जना: । वाञ्छन्ति तद्दास्यमृतेऽर्थमात्मनोयद‍ृच्छया लब्धमन:समृद्धय: ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācana vai mukundasya padāravindayorajo-juṣas tāta bhavādṛśā janāḥvāñchanti tad-dāsyam ṛte ’rtham ātmanoyadṛcchayā labdha-manaḥ-samṛddhayaḥ Translation: The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, persons like you, who are pure devotees of the lotus feet of Mukunda [the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can offer liberation] and who are always attached to the honey of His lotus feet, are always satisfied in serving at the lotus feet of the Lord....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37 Sanskrit: आकर्ण्यात्मजमायान्तं सम्परेत्य यथागतम् । राजा न श्रद्दधे भद्रमभद्रस्य कुतो मम ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: ākarṇyātma-jam āyāntaṁsamparetya yathāgatamrājā na śraddadhe bhadramabhadrasya kuto mama Translation: When King Uttānapāda heard that his son Dhruva was coming back home, as if coming back to life after death, he could not put his faith in this message, for he was doubtful of how it could happen....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: श्रद्धाय वाक्यं देवर्षेर्हर्षवेगेन धर्षित: । वार्ताहर्तुरतिप्रीतो हारं प्रादान्महाधनम् ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: śraddhāya vākyaṁ devarṣerharṣa-vegena dharṣitaḥvārtā-hartur atiprītohāraṁ prādān mahā-dhanam Translation: Although he could not believe the words of the messenger, he had full faith in the word of the great sage Nārada. Thus he was greatly overwhelmed by the news, and he immediately offered the messenger a highly valuable necklace in great satisfaction....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 41 Sanskrit: सुनीति: सुरुचिश्चास्य महिष्यौ रुक्‍मभूषिते । आरुह्य शिबिकां सार्धमुत्तमेनाभिजग्मतु: ॥ ४१ ॥ ITRANS: sunītiḥ suruciś cāsyamahiṣyau rukma-bhūṣiteāruhya śibikāṁ sārdhamuttamenābhijagmatuḥ Translation: Both the queens of King Uttānapāda, namely Sunīti and Suruci, along with his other son, Uttama, appeared in the procession. The queens were seated on a palanquin. Purport: After the departure of Dhruva Mahārāja from the palace, the King was very afflicted, but by the kind words of Saint Nārada he was partially satisfied....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 44 Sanskrit: अथाजिघ्रन्मुहुर्मूर्ध्नि शीतैर्नयनवारिभि: । स्‍नापयामास तनयं जातोद्दाममनोरथ: ॥ ४४ ॥ ITRANS: athājighran muhur mūrdhniśītair nayana-vāribhiḥsnāpayām āsa tanayaṁjātoddāma-manorathaḥ Translation: Reunion with Dhruva Mahārāja fulfilled King Uttānapāda’s long-cherished desire, and for this reason he smelled Dhruva’s head again and again and bathed him with torrents of very cold tears. Purport: By nature’s way, when a man cries, there may be two causes. When one cries in great happiness upon the fulfillment of some desire, the tears coming forth from the eyes are very cold and pleasing, whereas tears in times of distress are very hot....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 45 Sanskrit: अभिवन्द्य पितु: पादावाशीर्भिश्चाभिमन्त्रित: । ननाम मातरौ शीर्ष्णा सत्कृत: सज्जनाग्रणी: ॥ ४५ ॥ ITRANS: abhivandya pituḥ pādāvāśīrbhiś cābhimantritaḥnanāma mātarau śīrṣṇāsat-kṛtaḥ saj-janāgraṇīḥ Translation: Then Dhruva Mahārāja, the foremost of all nobles, first of all offered his obeisances at the feet of his father and was honored by his father with various questions. He then bowed his head at the feet of his two mothers....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 46 Sanskrit: सुरुचिस्तं समुत्थाप्य पादावनतमर्भकम् । परिष्वज्याह जीवेति बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ॥ ४६ ॥ ITRANS: surucis taṁ samutthāpyapādāvanatam arbhakampariṣvajyāha jīvetibāṣpa-gadgadayā girā Translation: Suruci, the younger mother of Dhruva Mahārāja, seeing that the innocent boy had fallen at her feet, immediately picked him up, embracing him with her hands, and with tears of feeling she blessed him with the words “My dear boy, long may you live!...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 47 Sanskrit: यस्य प्रसन्नो भगवान् गुणैर्मैत्र्यादिभिर्हरि: । तस्मै नमन्ति भूतानि निम्नमाप इव स्वयम् ॥ ४७ ॥ ITRANS: yasya prasanno bhagavānguṇair maitry-ādibhir hariḥtasmai namanti bhūtāninimnam āpa iva svayam Translation: Unto one who has transcendental qualities due to friendly behavior with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all living entities offer honor, just as water automatically flows down by nature. Purport: The question may be raised in this connection why Suruci, who was not at all favorably disposed towards Dhruva, blessed him, “Long may you live,” which means that she also desired good fortune for him....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 48 Sanskrit: उत्तमश्च ध्रुवश्चोभावन्योन्यं प्रेमविह्वलौ । अङ्गसङ्गादुत्पुलकावस्रौघं मुहुरूहतु: ॥ ४८ ॥ ITRANS: uttamaś ca dhruvaś cobhāvanyonyaṁ prema-vihvalauaṅga-saṅgād utpulakāvasraughaṁ muhur ūhatuḥ Translation: The two brothers Uttama and Dhruva Mahārāja also exchanged their tears. They were overwhelmed by the ecstasy of love and affection, and when they embraced one another, the hair on their bodies stood up. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 49 Sanskrit: सुनीतिरस्य जननी प्राणेभ्योऽपि प्रियं सुतम् । उपगुह्य जहावाधिं तदङ्गस्पर्शनिर्वृता ॥ ४९ ॥ ITRANS: sunītir asya jananīprāṇebhyo ’pi priyaṁ sutamupaguhya jahāv ādhiṁtad-aṅga-sparśa-nirvṛtā Translation: Sunīti, the real mother of Dhruva Mahārāja, embraced the tender body of her son, who was dearer to her than her own life, and thus forgot all material grief, for she was very pleased. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 50 Sanskrit: पय: स्तनाभ्यां सुस्राव नेत्रजै: सलिलै: शिवै: । तदाभिषिच्यमानाभ्यां वीर वीरसुवो मुहु: ॥ ५० ॥ ITRANS: payaḥ stanābhyāṁ susrāvanetra-jaiḥ salilaiḥ śivaiḥtadābhiṣicyamānābhyāṁvīra vīra-suvo muhuḥ Translation: My dear Vidura, Sunīti was the mother of a great hero. Her tears, together with the milk flowing from her breasts, wet the whole body of Dhruva Mahārāja. This was a great, auspicious sign. Purport: When Deities are installed, They are washed with milk, yogurt and water, and this ceremony is called abhiṣeka....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: तां शशंसुर्जना राज्ञीं दिष्टय‍ा ते पुत्र आर्तिहा । प्रतिलब्धश्चिरं नष्टो रक्षिता मण्डलं भुव: ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: tāṁ śaśaṁsur janā rājñīṁdiṣṭyā te putra ārti-hāpratilabdhaś ciraṁ naṣṭorakṣitā maṇḍalaṁ bhuvaḥ Translation: The residents of the palace praised the Queen: Dear Queen, your beloved son was lost a long time ago, and it is your great fortune that he now has come back. It appears, therefore, that your son will be able to protect you for a very long time and will put an end to all your material pangs....