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Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
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conspired against him to pollute his intelligence, and thus although he was the disciple of a great Vaiṣṇava, Nārada Muni, he could not accept his valid instructions. Now Dhruva Mahārāja regretted very much that he had neglected these instructions. Nārada Muni had asked him, “Why should you bother about insult or adoration from your stepmother?” He of course informed Dhruva Mahārāja that since he was only a child, what did he have to do with such insult or adoration? But Dhruva Mahārāja was determined to achieve the benediction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore Nārada advised him to go back home for the time being, and in mature time he could try to practice devotional service. Dhruva Mahārāja regretted that he had rejected the advice of Nārada Muni and was adamant in asking him for something perishable, namely revenge against his stepmother for her insult and possession of the kingdom of his father.
Dhruva Mahārāja regretted very much that he could not take seriously the instruction of his spiritual master and that his consciousness was therefore contaminated. Still, the Lord is so merciful that due to Dhruva’s execution of devotional service He offered him the ultimate Vaiṣṇava goal.
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दैवीं मायामुपाश्रित्य प्रसुप्त इव भिन्नदक् । तप्ये द्वितीयेऽप्यसति भ्रातृभ्रातृव्यहृद्भुजा ॥३३॥
daivīm māyām upāśritya prasupta iva bhinna-dṛk tapye dvitīye 'py asati bhrātṛ-bhrātṛvya-hṛd-rujā
daivīm —of the Personality of Godhead;  māyām —the illusory energy;  upāśritya —taking shelter of;  prasuptaḥ —dreaming while asleep;  iva —like;  bhinna-dṛk —having separated vision;  tapye —I lamented;  dvitīye —in the illusory energy;  api —although;  asati —temporary;  bhrātṛ —brother;  bhrātṛvya —enemy;  hṛt —within the heart;  rujā —by lamentation.
TRANSLATION
Dhruva Mahārāja lamented: I was under the influence of the illusory energy; being ignorant of the actual facts, I was sleeping on her lap. Under a vision of duality, I saw my brother as my enemy, and falsely I lamented within my heart, thinking, “They are my enemies.”