इत्यर्चितः स भगवानतिदिश्यात्मनः पदम् ।
बालस्य पश्यतो धाम स्वमगाद्गरुडध्वजः ॥२६॥
maitreya uvÄca
ity arcitaḥ sa bhagavÄn
atidiÅ›yÄtmanaḥ padam
bÄlasya paÅ›yato dhÄma
svam agÄd garuá¸a-dhvajaḥ
maitreyaḥ uvÄca - the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; iti - thus; arcitaḥ - being honored and worshiped; saḥ - the Supreme Lord; bhagavÄn - the Personality of Godhead; atidiÅ›ya - after offering; Ätmanaḥ - His personal; padam - residence; bÄlasya - while the boy; paÅ›yataḥ - was looking on; dhÄma - to His abode; svam - own; agÄt - He returned; garuá¸a-dhvajaḥ - Lord Viṣṇu, whose flag bears the emblem of Garuá¸a.
The great sage Maitreya said: After being worshiped and honored by the boy [Dhruva MahÄrÄja], and after offering him His abode, Lord Viṣṇu, on the back of Garuá¸a, returned to His abode as Dhruva MahÄrÄja looked on.
From this verse it appears that Lord Viṣṇu awarded Dhruva MahÄrÄja the same abode in which He resides. His abode is described in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (15.6): yad gatvÄ na nivartante tad dhÄma paramaá¹ mama.
