Text 27] Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest
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from battle. It appears that the  kṣatriya  blood within the body of Dhruva Mahārāja was naturally very active. If the brahminical,  kṣatriya  or  vaiśya  culture is maintained in a family, naturally the sons and grandsons inherit the spirit of the particular class. Therefore, according to the Vedic system, the  saṁskāra , or the reformatory system, is maintained very rigidly. If one fails to observe the reformatory measures current in the family, then immediately he is degraded to a lower standard of life.
TEXT 27
नारद उवाच
नाधुनाप्यवमानं ते सम्मानं वापि पुत्रक । लक्ष्यामः कुमारस्य सक्तस्य क्रीडनादिषु ॥२७॥
nārada uvāca nādhunāpy avamānaṁ te sammānaṁ vāpi putraka lakṣayāmaḥ kumārasya saktasya krīḍanādiṣu
nāradaḥ uvāca —the great sage Nārada said;  na —not;  adhunā —just now;  api —although;  avamānaṁ —insult;  te —unto you;  sammānaṁ —offering respects;  vā —or;  api —certainly;  putraka —my dear boy;  lakṣayāmaḥ —I can see;  kumārasya —of boys like you;  saktasya —being attached;  krīḍana-ādiṣu —to sports and frivolities.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Nārada told Dhruva: My dear boy, you are only a little boy whose attachment is to sports and other frivolities. Why are you so affected by words insulting your honor?
PURPORT
Ordinarily if a child is rebuked as a rascal or fool, he smiles and does not take such insulting words very seriously. Similarly, if words of honor are offered, he does not appreciate them. But in the case of Dhruva Mahārāja, the  kṣatriya  spirit was so strong that he could not tolerate a slight insult from his stepmother which injured his  kṣatriya  prestige.