Texts 42-43]
Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
413
PURPORT
After the departure of Dhruva Mahārāja from the palace, the King was very afflicted, but by the kind words of Saint Nārada he was partially satisfied. He could understand the great fortune of his wife Sunīti and the great misfortune of Queen Suruci, for these facts were certainly very open in the palace. But still when the news reached the palace that Dhruva Mahārāja was returning, his mother, Sunīti, out of her great compassion and due to being the mother of a great Vaiṣṇava, did not hesitate to take the other wife, Suruci, and her son Uttama, on the same palanquin. That is the greatness of Queen Sunīti, the mother of the great Vaiṣṇava Dhruva Mahārāja.
TEXTS 42-43
तं दृष्ट्वोपवनाभ्याश आयान्तं तरसा स्थात् ।  
 अवरुद्ध्य नृपस्तूर्णमासाद्य प्रेमविह्वलः ॥४२॥  
 परिरेभेऽङ्गजं दोभ्यां दीर्घोत्कण्ठमनाः श्वसन् ।  
 विष्वक्सेनाङ्घ्रिसंस्पर्शहताशेषाधबन्धनम् ॥४३॥
tam dṛṣṭvopavanābhyāśa 
    āyāntam tarasā rathāt 
    avaruhya nṛpas tūrṇam 
    āsādya prema-vihvalaḥ
parirebhe 'ṅgajam dorbhyām 
    dīrghotkaṇṭha-manāḥ śvasan 
    viṣvaksenāṅghri-saṁsparśa- 
    hatāśeṣāgha-bandhanam
tam—him (Dhruva Mahārāja); dṛṣṭvā—having seen; upavana—the small forest; abhyāśe—near; āyāntam—returning; tarasā—with great haste; rathāt—from the chariot; avaruhya—got down; nṛpaḥ—the King; tūrṇam—immediately; āsādya—coming near; prema—with love; vihvalaḥ—overwhelmed; parirebhe—he embraced; aṅga-jam—his son; dorbhyām—with his arms; dīrgha—for a long time; utkaṇṭha—anxious; manāḥ—the King, whose mind; śvasan—breathing heavily; viṣvaksena—of the Lord; aṅghri—by the lotus feet; saṁsparśa—being touched; hata—were destroyed; aśeṣa—unlimited; agha—material contamination; bandhanam—whose bondage.
TRANSLATION
Upon seeing Dhruva Mahārāja approaching the neighboring small forest, King Uttānapāda with great haste got down from his chariot. He had been