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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 8]
TRANSLATION
My dear King, your son is very competent. He will perform activities which would be impossible even for great kings and sages. Very soon he will complete his task and come back home. You should know that he will also spread your reputation all over the world.
PURPORT
Here in this verse Nārada Muni has described Dhruva Mahārāja as  prabhu . This word is applicable to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sometimes the spiritual master is addressed as  Prabhupāda .  Prabhu  means the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and  pāda  means post. According to Vaiṣṇava philosophy the spiritual master occupies the post of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or in other words he is the bona fide representative of the Supreme Lord. Dhruva Mahārāja is also described here as  prabhu  because he is an  ācārya  of the Vaiṣṇava school. Another meaning of  prabhu  is “master of the senses,” just like the word  svāmī . Another significant word is  suduṣkaram , “very difficult to perform.” What was the task that Dhruva Mahārāja undertook? The most difficult task in life is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Dhruva Mahārāja would be able to do that. We must remember that Dhruva Mahārāja was not fickle; he was determined to execute his service and then come back. Every devotee, therefore, should be determined that in this life he will be able to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead and by that process go back home, back to Godhead. That is the perfection of the highest mission of life.
TEXT 70
मैत्रेय उवाच
इति देवर्षिणा प्रोक्तं विश्रुत्य जगतीपतिः । राजलक्ष्मीमनादृत्य पुत्रयेवान्वचिन्तयत् ॥७०॥
maitreya uvāca   iti devarṣiṇā proktam   viśrutya jagatī-patiḥ   rāja-lakṣmīm anādṛtya   putram evānvacintayat
maitreyaḥ uvāca —the great sage Maitreya said;  iti —thus;  devarṣiṇā —by the great sage Nārada Muni;  proktam —spoken;  viśrutya —hearing;