यत्र ह वाव वीरव्रत औत्तानपादिः परमभागवतोऽस्मत्कुलदेवताचरणारविन्दो
दकमिति यामनुसवनमुत्कृष्यमाणभगवद्भक्तियोगेन दृढं क्लिद्यमानान्तर्हृदय
औत्कण्ठ्यविवशामीलितलोचनयुगलकुड्मलविगलितामलबाष्पकलयाभिव्यज्य
मानरोमपुलककुलकोऽधुनापि परमादरेण शिरसा बिभर्ति ॥२॥

yatra ha vÄva vÄ«ra-vrata auttÄnapÄdiḥ parama-bhÄgavato 'smat-kula-devatÄ-caraṇÄravindodakam iti yÄm anusavanam utkṛṣyamÄṇa-bhagavad-bhakti-yogena dá¹›á¸haá¹ klidyamÄnÄntar-há¹›daya autkaṇṭhya-vivaÅ›ÄmÄ«lita-locana-yugala-kuá¸mala-vigalitÄmala-bÄá¹£pa-kalayÄbhivyajyamÄna-roma-pulaka-kulako 'dhunÄpi paramÄdareṇa Å›irasÄ bibharti

 yatra ha vÄva - in Dhruvaloka; vÄ«ra-vrataḥ - firmly determined; auttÄnapÄdiḥ - the famous son of MahÄrÄja UttÄnapÄda; parama-bhÄgavataḥ - the most exalted devotee; asmat - our; kula-devatÄ - of the family Deity; caraṇa-aravinda - of the lotus feet; udakam - in the water; iti - thus; yÄm - which; anusavanam - constantly; utkṛṣyamÄṇa - being increased; bhagavat-bhakti-yogena - by devotional service unto the Lord; dá¹›á¸ham - greatly; klidyamÄna-antaḥ-há¹›dayaḥ - being softened within the core of his heart; autkaṇṭhya - by great anxiety; vivaÅ›a - spontaneously; amÄ«lita - slightly open; locana - of eyes; yugala - pair; kuá¸mala - from the flowerlike; vigalita - emanating; amala - uncontaminated; bÄá¹£pa-kalayÄ - with tears; abhivyajyamÄna - being manifested; roma-pulaka-kulakaḥ - whose symptoms of ecstasy on the body; adhunÄ api - even now; parama-Ädareṇa - with great reverence; Å›irasÄ - by the head; bibharti - he bears.


Text

Dhruva MahÄrÄja, the famous son of MahÄrÄja UttÄnapÄda, is known as the most exalted devotee of the Supreme Lord because of his firm determination in executing devotional service. Knowing that the sacred Ganges water washes the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu, Dhruva MahÄrÄja, situated on his own planet, to this very day accepts that water on his head with great devotion. Because he constantly thinks of Kṛṣṇa very devoutly within the core of his heart, he is overcome with ecstatic anxiety. Tears flow from his half-open eyes, and eruptions appear on his entire body.

Purport

When a person is firmly fixed in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is described as vÄ«ra-vrata, fully determined. Such a devotee increases his ecstasy in devotional service more and more. Thus as soon as he remembers Lord Viṣṇu, his eyes fill with tears. This is a symptom of a mahÄ-bhÄgavata. Dhruva MahÄrÄja maintained himself in that devotional ecstasy, and ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu also gave us a practical example of transcendental ecstasy when He lived at JagannÄtha PurÄ«. His pastimes there are fully narrated in Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta.