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Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
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PURPORT
Saint Vidura's inquiry is very relevant. The word  artha-vit , which refers to one who knows how to discriminate between reality and unreality, is very significant in this connection. An  artha-vit  is also called  paramahaṁsa . A  paramahaṁsa  accepts only the active principle of everything; just as a swan accepts only the milk from a mixture of water and milk, a  paramahaṁsa  accepts only the Supreme Personality of Godhead as his life and soul, neglecting all external material things. Dhruva Mahārāja was in this category, and due to his determination he achieved the result he desired, but still when he returned home he was not very pleased.
TEXT 29
मैत्रेय उवाच
मातुः सपत्न्या वाग्वाणैर्हृदि विद्धस्तु तान् स्मरन् । नैच्छन्मुक्तिपतेर्मुक्तिं तस्मान्नापमुपेयिवान् ॥२९॥
maitreya uvāca mātuḥ sapatnyā vāgbāṇair hṛdi viddhas tu tān smaran naicchan mukti-pater muktiṁ tasmāt tāpam upeyivān
maitreyaḥ uvāca —the great sage Maitreya replied;  mātuḥ —of his mother;  sa-patnyāḥ —of the co-wife;  vāk-bāṇaiḥ —by the arrows of harsh words;  hṛdi —in the heart;  viddhaḥ —pierced;  tu —then;  tān —all of them;  smaran —remembering;  na —not;  aicchat —desired;  mukti-pateḥ —from the Lord, whose lotus feet give liberation;  muktim —salvation;  tasmāt —therefore;  tāpam —grief;  upeyivān —he suffered.
TRANSLATION
Maitreya answered: Dhruva Mahārāja's heart, which was pierced by the arrow of the harsh words of his stepmother, was greatly aggrieved, and thus when he fixed upon his goal of life he did not forget her misbehavior. He did not demand actual liberation from this material world, but at the end of his devotional service, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared before him, he was simply ashamed of the material demands he had in his mind.