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Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
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TEXT 18
मैत्रेय उवाच
अथामिष्टुत एवं वै सत्संकल्पेन भीमता । भृत्यानुरक्तो भगवान् प्रतिनन्दोदमवरोत् ॥१८॥
maitreya uvāca athābhiṣṭuta evam vai sat-saṅkalpena dhīmatā bhṛtyānurakto bhagavān pratinandyedam abravīt
maitreyaḥ uvāca —Maitreya said;  atha —then;  abhiṣṭutaḥ —being worshiped;  evam —thus;  vai —certainly;  sat-saṅkalpena —by Dhruva Mahārāja, who had only good desires in his heart;  dhīmatā —because he was very intelligent;  bhṛtya-anuraktaḥ —very favorably disposed to devotees;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  pratinandya —having congratulated him;  idam —this;  abravīt —said.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, when Dhruva Mahārāja, who had good intentions in his heart, finished his prayer, the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, who is very kind to His devotees and servants, congratulated him, speaking as follows.
TEXT 19
श्रीभगवानुवाच
वेदाहं ते व्यवसितं हृदि राजन्यबालक । तत्प्रयच्छामि भद्रं ते दुरापमपि सुघ्रत ॥१९॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca vedāham te vyavasitam hṛdi rājanya-bālaka tat prayacchāmi bhadram te durāpam api suvrata