मातुः सपत्न्या वचसा भिन्नमर्मा ।
वनं गतस्तपसा प्रत्यगक्ष
माराध्य लेभे मूर्ध्नि पदं त्रिलोक्याः ॥२८॥
yaḥ pañca-vará¹£o jananÄ«á¹ tvaá¹ vihÄya
mÄtuḥ sapatnyÄ vacasÄ bhinna-marmÄ
vanaá¹ gatas tapasÄ pratyag-aká¹£am
ÄrÄdhya lebhe mÅ«rdhni padaá¹ tri-lokyÄḥ
yaḥ - one who; pañca-vará¹£aḥ - five years old; jananÄ«m - mother; tvam - you; vihÄya - leaving aside; mÄtuḥ - of the mother; sa-patnyÄḥ - of the co-wife; vacasÄ - by the words; bhinna-marmÄ - aggrieved at heart; vanam - to the forest; gataḥ - went; tapasÄ - by austerity; pratyak-aká¹£am - the Supreme Lord; ÄrÄdhya - worshiping; lebhe - achieved; mÅ«rdhni - on the top; padam - the position; tri-lokyÄḥ - of the three worlds.
My dear Dhruva, at the age of only five years you were very grievously afflicted by the words of your mother’s co-wife, and you very boldly gave up the protection of your mother and went to the forest to engage in the yogic process for realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As a result of this you have already achieved the topmost position in all the three worlds.
Manu was very proud that Dhruva MahÄrÄja was one of the descendants in his family, because at the age of only five years Dhruva began meditating upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead and within six months he was able to see the Supreme Lord face to face. Factually, Dhruva MahÄrÄja is the glory of the Manu dynasty, or the human family. The human family begins from Manu. The Sanskrit word for man is manuá¹£ya, which means “descendant of Manu.†Not only is Dhruva MahÄrÄja the glory of the family of SvÄyambhuva Manu, but he is the glory of the entire human society. Because Dhruva MahÄrÄja had already surrendered to the Supreme Godhead, he was especially requested not to do anything unbefitting a surrendered soul.
