prasthite tu vanaṁ pitrā
dattvā gāṁ dharma-samśrayaḥ
ṣaṭ-trimśad-varṣa-sāhasraṁ
rakṣitāvyāhatendriyaḥ
prasthite - after departure; tu - but; vanam - to the forest; pitrā - by your father; dattvā - awarding; gām - the whole world; dharma-samśrayaḥ - under the protection of piety; ṣaṭ-trimśat - thirty-six; varṣa - years; sāhasram - one thousand; rakṣitā - you will rule; avyāhata - without decay; indriyaḥ - the power of the senses.
In the Satya-yuga people generally lived for one hundred thousand years. Dhruva Mahārāja’s ruling the world for thirty-six thousand years was quite possible in those days.