Text 32] Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest
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understood;  mṛgayantaḥ —searching for;  api —certainly;  tīvra-yoga —severe austerities;  samādhinā —by trance.
TRANSLATION
Nārada Muni continued: After trying this process for many, many births and remaining unattached to material contamination, placing themselves continually in trance and executing many types of austerities, many mystic yogīs could not find the end of the path of God realization.
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अतो निवर्ततामेष निर्धन्यस्तव निष्फलः । यतिष्यति भवान् काले श्रेयसां समुपस्थिते ॥३२॥
ato nivartatām eṣa nirbandhas tava niṣphalaḥ yatiṣyati bhavān kāle śreyasām samupasthite
ataḥ —hereafter;  nivartatām —just stop yourself;  eṣaḥ —this;  nirbandhaḥ —determination;  tava —your;  niṣphalaḥ —without any result;  yatiṣyati —in the future you should try;  bhavān —yourself;  kāle —in due course of time;  śreyasām —opportunities;  samupasthite —being present.
TRANSLATION
For this reason, my dear boy, you should not endeavor for this; it will not be successful. It is better that you go home. When you are grown up, by the mercy of the Lord you will get a chance for these mystic performances. At that time you may execute this function.
PURPORT
Generally, a thoroughly trained person takes to spiritual perfection at the end of his life. According to the Vedic system, therefore, life is divided into four stages. In the beginning, one becomes a  brahmacārī , a student who studies Vedic knowledge under the authoritative guidance of a spiritual master. He then becomes a householder and executes household duties according to the Vedic process. Then the householder becomes a  vāna-prastha , and gradually, when he is mature, he renounces household life