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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 8]
PURPORT
The harsh words used by Suruci to her stepson were true because unless one is favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead one cannot achieve any success in life. Man proposes, God disposes. Sunīti, the mother of Dhruva Mahārāja, agreed with her co-wife's advice that Dhruva engage himself in the worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Indirectly the words of Suruci were a benediction for Dhruva Mahārāja, for because of the influence of the words of his stepmother, he became a great devotee.
TEXT 20
यस्याङ्घ्रिपद्मं परिचर्य विश्व- विभावनायात्तगुणाभिपत्तेः । अजोऽध्यतिष्ठत्स्वलु पारमेष्ठ्यं पदं जितात्मश्वसनाभिवन्द्यम् ॥२०॥
yasyāṅghri-padmaṁ paricarya viśva- vibhāvanāyātta-guṇābhipatteḥ ajo'dhyatiṣṭhat khalu pārameṣṭhyaṁ padaṁ jitātma-śvasanābhivandyam
yasya—whose; aṅghri—leg; padmam—lotus feet; paricarya—worshiping; viśva—universe; vibhāvanāya—for creating; ātta—received; guṇa-abhipatteḥ—for acquiring the required qualifications; ajaḥ—the unborn (Lord Brahmā); adhyatiṣṭhat—became situated; khalu—undoubtedly; pārameṣṭhyam—the supreme position within the universe; padam—position; jita-ātma—one who has conquered his mind; śvasana—by controlling the life air; abhivandyam—worshipable.
TRANSLATION
Sunīti continued: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is so great that simply by worshiping His lotus feet, your great-grandfather Lord Brahmā acquired the necessary qualifications to create this universe. Although he is unborn and is the chief of all living creatures, he was situated in that exalted post because of the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whom even great yogīs worship by controlling the mind and regulating the life air [prāṇa].