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Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest
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TEXT 76
पञ्चमे मास्यनुप्राप्ते जितश्वासो नृपात्मजः । 
    व्यायन् ब्रह्म पदैकेन तस्यौ स्याणुरिवाचलः ॥७६॥
pañcame māsy anuprāpte 
    jita-śvāso nṛpātmajaḥ 
    dhyāyan brahma padaikena 
    tasthau sthāṇur ivācalaḥ
pañcame—in the fifth; māsi—in the month; anuprāpte—being situated; jita-śvāsaḥ—and still controlling the breathing; nṛpa-ātmajaḥ—the son of the King; dhyāyan—meditating; brahma—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; padā ekena—with one leg; tasthau—stood; sthāṇuḥ—just like a column; iva—like; acalaḥ—without movement.
TRANSLATION
By the fifth month, Mahārāja Dhruva, the son of the King, had controlled his breathing so perfectly that he was able to stand on only one leg, just as a column stands, without motion, and concentrate his mind fully on the Param-brahman.
TEXT 77
सर्वतो मन आकृष्य हृदि भूतेन्द्रियाशयम् । 
    व्यायन्मगवतो रूपं नाद्राक्षीत्क्रियनापरम् ॥७७॥
sarvato mana ākṛṣya 
    hṛdi bhūtendriyāśayam 
    dhyāyan bhagavato rūpam 
    nādrākṣīt kiñcanāparam
sarvataḥ—in all respects; manaḥ—mind; ākṛṣya—concentrating; hṛdi—in the heart; bhūta-indriya-āśayam—resting place of the senses and the objects of the senses; dhyāyan—meditating; bhagavataḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rūpam—form; na adrākṣīt—did not see; kiñcana—anything; aparam—else.
TRANSLATION
He completely controlled his senses and their objects, and in this way he fixed his mind, without diversion to anything else, upon the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.