नाधुनाप्यवमानं ते सम्मानं वापि पुत्रक ।
लक्षयामः कुमारस्य सक्तस्य क्रीडनादिषु ॥२७॥
nÄrada uvÄca
nÄdhunÄpy avamÄnaá¹ te
sammÄnaá¹ vÄpi putraka
laká¹£ayÄmaḥ kumÄrasya
saktasya krÄ«á¸anÄdiá¹£u
nÄradaḥ uvÄca - the great sage NÄrada said; na - not; adhunÄ - just now; api - although; avamÄnam - insult; te - unto you; sammÄnam - offering respects; vÄ - or; api - certainly; putraka - my dear boy; laká¹£ayÄmaḥ - I can see; kumÄrasya - of boys like you; saktasya - being attached; krÄ«á¸ana-Ädiá¹£u - to sports and frivolities.
The great sage NÄrada told Dhruva: My dear boy, you are only a little boy whose attachment is to sports and other frivolities. Why are you so affected by words insulting your honor?
Ordinarily if a child is rebuked as a rascal or fool, he smiles and does not take such insulting words very seriously. Similarly, if words of honor are offered, he does not appreciate them. But in the case of Dhruva MahÄrÄja, the ká¹£atriya spirit was so strong that he could not tolerate a slight insult from his stepmother which injured his ká¹£atriya prestige.
