त एवमुत्सन्नभया उरुक्रमे
कृतावनामाः प्रययुस्त्रिविष्टपम् ।
सहस्रशीर्षापि ततो गरुत्मता
मधोर्वनं भृत्यदिदृक्षया गतः ॥१॥
maitreya uvÄca
ta evam utsanna-bhayÄ urukrame
ká¹›tÄvanÄmÄḥ prayayus tri-viá¹£á¹apam
sahasraśīrá¹£Äpi tato garutmatÄ
madhor vanaá¹ bhá¹›tya-didá¹›ká¹£ayÄ gataḥ
maitreyaḥ uvÄca - the great sage Maitreya continued; te - the demigods; evam - thus; utsanna-bhayÄḥ - being freed from all fears; urukrame - unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose actions are uncommon; ká¹›ta-avanÄmÄḥ - they offered their obeisances; prayayuḥ - they returned; tri-viá¹£á¹apam - to their respective heavenly planets; sahasra-śīrá¹£Ä api - also the Personality of Godhead known as Sahasraśīrá¹£Ä; tataḥ - from there; garutmatÄ - getting up on the back of Garuá¸a; madhoḥ vanam - the forest known as Madhuvana; bhá¹›tya - servant; didá¹›ká¹£ayÄ - wishing to see him; gataḥ - went.
The great sage Maitreya told Vidura: When the demigods were thus reassured by the Personality of Godhead, they were freed from all fears, and after offering their obeisances they returned to their heavenly planets. Then the Lord, who is nondifferent from the Sahasraśīrá¹£Ä incarnation, got on the back of Garuá¸a, who carried Him to the Madhuvana Forest to see His servant Dhruva.
The word sahasraśīrá¹£Ä refers to the Personality of Godhead known as GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu. Although the Lord appeared as KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu, He has been described here as Sahasraśīrá¹£Ä Viṣṇu because He is nondifferent from GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu. According to ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« in his Laghu-bhÄgavatÄmá¹›ta, the Sahasraśīrá¹£Ä Personality of Godhead who appeared at that time was the incarnation known as Pṛśnigarbha. He created the planet known as Dhruvaloka for the habitation of Dhruva MahÄrÄja.
