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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 9]
PURPORT
Naturally, when Dhruva Mahārāja personally saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face, he was very much agitated in awe and respect, and it appeared as if he were drinking the entire body of the Lord with his eyes. The devotee's love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is so intense that he wants to kiss the lotus feet of the Lord constantly, and he wants to touch the tips of the toes of the Lord and constantly embrace His lotus feet. All these features of Dhruva Mahārāja's bodily expression indicate that upon seeing the Lord eye to eye he developed the eight kinds of transcendental ecstasy in his body.
TEXT 4
स तं विवक्षन्तमतद्विदं हरि- 
    ज्ञात्वास्य सर्वस्य च हृद्यवस्थितः । 
    कृताञ्जलिं ब्रह्ममयेन कम्बुना 
    पस्पर्शं बालं कृपया कपोले ॥ ४ ॥
sa tam vivakṣantam atadvidam harir 
    jñātvāsya sarvasya ca hṛdy avasthitaḥ 
    kṛtānjalim brahmamayena kambunā 
    pasparśa bālam kṛpayā kapole
saḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tam—Dhruva Mahārāja; vivakṣantam—wanting to offer prayers describing his qualities; a-tat-vidam—not experienced at that; hariḥ—the Personality of Godhead; jñātvā—having understood; asya—of Dhruva Mahārāja; sarvasya—of everyone; ca—and; hṛdi—in the heart; avasthitaḥ—being situated; kṛta-añjalim—situated with folded hands; brahma-mayena—just up to the words of the Vedic hymns; kambunā—with His conchshell; pasparśa—touched; bālam—the boy; kṛpayā—out of causeless mercy; kapole—on the forehead.
TRANSLATION
Although Dhruva Mahārāja was a small boy, still he wanted to offer prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in suitable language. But because he was inexperienced, he could not adjust himself immediately. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, being situated in everyone's heart, could understand Dhruva Mahārāja's awkward position. Out of His causeless mercy He touched His conchshell to the forehead of Dhruva Mahārāja, who stood before Him with folded hands.