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Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest
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jagatī-patiḥ —the King;  rāja-lakṣmīm —the opulence of his big kingdom;  anādṛtya —without taking care of;  putram —his son;  eva —certainly;  anvacintayat —began to think of him.
TRANSLATION
The great Maitreya continued: The King, Uttānapāda, after being advised by Nārada Muni, practically gave up all duties in relation with his kingdom, which was very vast and wide, opulent like the goddess of fortune, and he simply began to think of his son Dhruva.
TEXT 71
तत्राभिषिक्तः प्रयतस्तामुपोष्य विभावरीम् ।  
 समाहितः पर्यवरद्ध्यादेशेन पूरुषम् ॥७१॥
tatrābhiṣiktaḥ prayatas 
    tām upoṣya vibhāvarīm 
    samāhitaḥ paryacarad 
    ṛṣyādeśena pūruṣam
tatra —thereupon;  abhiṣiktaḥ —after taking a bath;  prayataḥ —with great attention;  tām —that;  upoṣya —fasting;  vibhāvarīm —night;  samāhitaḥ —perfect attention;  paryacarat —worshiped;  ṛṣi —by the great sage Nārada;  ādeśena —as advised;  pūruṣam —the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Elsewhere, Dhruva Mahārāja, having arrived at Madhuvana, took his bath in the River Yamunā and observed fasting in the night with great care and attention. After that, as advised by the great sage Nārada, he engaged himself in worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
The significance of this particular verse is that Dhruva Mahārāja acted exactly according to the advice of his spiritual master, the great sage Nārada Muni. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī also advises that if we want to be successful in our attempt to go back to Godhead, we must very seriously act according to the instruction of the spiritual master. That is the way of perfection. There need be no anxiety over attaining perfection because if one follows the instruction given by the spiritual master he is sure to attain perfection. Our only concern should be how to execute the order of the