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Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
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TEXTS 20-21
नान्यैरधिष्ठितं भद्र यद्भ्राजिष्णु ध्रुवक्षिति ।
यत्र ग्रहर्क्षताराणां ज्योतिषां चक्रमाहितम् ॥२०॥
मेढ्यां गोचकवत्स्थास्तु परस्तात्कल्पवासिनाम् ।
धर्मोऽग्निः कश्यपः शुक्रो मुनयो ये वनौकसः ।
चरन्ति दक्षिणीकृत्य भ्रमन्तो यत्सतारकाः ॥२१॥
nānyair adhiṣṭhitam bhadra
yad bhrājiṣṇu dhruva-kṣiti
yatra graharkṣa-tārāṇām
jyotiṣām cakram āhitam
meḍhyām go-cakravat sthāsnu
parastāt kalpa-vāsinām
dharmo 'gniḥ kaśyapaḥ śukro
munayo ye vanaukasaḥ
caranti dakṣiṇī-kṛtya
bhramanto yat satārakāḥ
na —never;  anyaiḥ —by others;  adhiṣṭhitam —was ruled over;  bhadra —my good boy;  yat —which;  bhrājiṣṇu —brightly glowing;  dhruva-kṣiti —the land known as Dhruvaloka;  yatra —where;  graha —planets;  ṛkṣa —constellations;  tārāṇām —and stars;  jyotiṣām —by luminaries;  cakram —encirclement;  āhitam —is done;  meḍhyām —around a central pole;  go —of bulls;  cakra —a multitude;  vat —like;  sthāsnu —stationary;  parastāt —beyond;  kalpa —a day of Brahmā (millennium);  vāsinām —those who live;  dharmaḥ —Dharma;  agniḥ —Agni;  kaśyapaḥ —Kaśyapa;  śukraḥ —Śukra;  munayaḥ —great sages;  ye —all of them who;  vana-okasaḥ —living in the forest;  caranti —move;  dakṣiṇī-kṛtya —keeping it to their right;  bhramantaḥ —circumambulating;  yat —which planet;  sa-tārakāḥ —with all the stars.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead continued: My dear Dhruva, I shall award you the glowing planet known as the Pole Star, which will continue to stay even after the dissolution at the end of the millennium. No one has ever ruled over this planet, which is surrounded by all the solar systems, planets and stars. All the luminaries in the sky circumambulate this planet, just as bulls go around a central pole for the purpose of crushing grains. Keeping it to their right, all the stars inhabited by the great sages like Dharma, Agni, Kaśyapa and Śukra