munaya ūcuḥ
auttÄnapÄda bhagavÄá¹s tava Å›Ärá¹…gadhanvÄ
devaḥ ká¹£iṇotv avanatÄrti-haro vipaká¹£Än
yan-nÄmadheyam abhidhÄya niÅ›amya cÄddhÄ
loko 'ñjasÄ tarati dustaram aá¹…ga má¹›tyum
munayaḥ Å«cuḥ - the sages said; auttÄnapÄda - O son of King UttÄnapÄda; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tava - your; Å›Ärá¹…ga-dhanvÄ - one who bears the bow called ÅšÄrá¹…ga; devaḥ - the Lord; ká¹£iṇotu - may He kill; avanata - of the surrendered soul; Ärti - the distresses; haraḥ - who removes; vipaká¹£Än - enemies; yat - whose; nÄmadheyam - holy name; abhidhÄya - uttering; niÅ›amya - hearing; ca - also; addhÄ - immediately; lokaḥ - persons; añjasÄ - fully; tarati - overcome; dustaram - insurmountable; aá¹…ga - O Dhruva; má¹›tyum - death.
The great ṛṣis approached Dhruva MahÄrÄja at a time when his mind was very perplexed due to the magical feats exhibited by the Yaká¹£as. A devotee is always protected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By His inspiration only, the sages came to encourage Dhruva MahÄrÄja and assure him that there was no danger because he was a soul fully surrendered to the Supreme Lord. By the grace of the Lord, if a devotee, at the time of death, can simply chant His holy name — Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare RÄma, Hare RÄma, RÄma RÄma, Hare Hare — simply by chanting this mahÄ-mantra he immediately surpasses the great ocean of the material sky and enters the spiritual sky. He never has to come back for repetition of birth and death. Simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord, one can surpass the ocean of death, so Dhruva MahÄrÄja was certainly able to surpass the illusory magical feats of the Yaká¹£as, which for the time being disturbed his mind.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “Dhruva MahÄrÄja’s Fight with the Yaká¹£as.â€