Texts 39-40]
Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
411
He therefore could not fix his faith in the message that Dhruva Mahārāja was coming back home again. For him this message said that a dead man was coming back home, and so he could not believe it. After Dhruva Mahārāja's departure from home, King Uttānapāda thought that he was the cause of his leaving, and thus he considered himself the most wretched. Therefore, even though it was possible that his lost son was coming back from the kingdom of death, he thought that since he was most sinful it was not possible for him to be so fortunate as to get back his lost son.
TEXT 38
श्रद्धाय वाक्यं देवर्षेर्हर्षवेगेन भर्षितः । वार्ताहर्तुरतिप्रीतो हारं प्रादान्महाधनम् ॥३८॥
śraddhāya vākyam devarṣer harṣa-vegena dharṣitaḥ vārtā-hartur atiprīto hāram prādān mahā-dhanam
śraddhāya—keeping faith; vākyam—in the words; devarṣeḥ—of the great sage Nārada; harṣa-vegena—by great satisfaction; dharṣitaḥ—overwhelmed; vārtā-hartuḥ—with the messenger who brought the news; atiprītaḥ—being very satisfied; hāram—a pearl necklace; prādāt—offered; mahā-dhanam—very valuable.
TRANSLATION
Although he could not believe the words of the messenger, he had full faith in the word of the great sage, Nārada. Thus he was greatly overwhelmed by the news, and immediately he offered the messenger a highly valuable garland in great satisfaction.
TEXTS 39-40
सदस्यं रथमारुह्य कर्त्तस्वरपरिष्कृतम् । ब्राह्मणैः कुलवृद्धैश्च पर्यस्तोऽमात्यबन्धुमिः ॥३९॥ शङ्खदुन्दुभिनादेन ब्रह्मघोषेण वेणुमिः । निश्चक्राम पुरातूर्णमात्मजाभीक्षणोत्सुकः ॥४०॥
sad-aśvami ratham āruhya kārtasvara-pariṣkṛtam brāhmaṇaiḥ kula-vṛddhaiś ca paryasto 'mātya-bandhubhiḥ