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Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
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payaḥ —milk;  phena —foam;  nibhāḥ —like;  śayyāḥ —bedding;  dāntāḥ —made of ivory;  rukma —golden;  paricchadāḥ —with embellishments;  āsanāni —sitting places;  mahā-arhāṇi —very valuable;  yatra —where;  raukmāḥ —golden;  upaskarāḥ —furniture.
TRANSLATION
The bedding in the palace was as white as the foam of milk and was very soft. The bedsteads were made of ivory with embellishments of gold, and the chairs, benches and other sitting places and furniture were made of gold.
TEXT 62
यत्र स्फटिककुब्धेषु महामारकतेषु च । मणिप्रदीपा आभान्ति ललनारत्नसंयुताः ॥६२॥
yatra sphaṭika-kuḍyeṣu mahā-mārakateṣu ca maṇi-pradīpā ābhānti lalanā-ratna-saṁyutāḥ
yatra —where;  sphaṭika —made of marble;  kuḍyeṣu —on walls;  mahā-mārakateṣu —bedecked with valuable jewels like sapphires;  ca —also;  maṇi-pradīpāḥ —lamps made of jewels;  ābhānti —shined;  lalanā —female figures;  ratna —made of jewels;  saṁyutāḥ —held by.
TRANSLATION
The palace of the King was surrounded by walls made of marble with many engravings made of valuable jewels like sapphires, which depicted beautiful women with shining jewel lamps in their hands.
PURPORT
The description of King Uttānapāda's palace depicts the state of affairs many hundreds and thousands of years ago, long before Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was compiled. Since it is described that Mahārāja Dhruvaruled for 36,000 years, he must have lived in the Satya-yuga, when people lived for 100,000 years. The life durations in the four  yugas  are also mentioned in the Vedic literature. In the Satya-yuga people used to live for 100,000 years, in the Tretā-yuga people lived for 10,000 years, in Dvāpara-yuga they lived for 1,000 years, and in this age, Kali-yuga, people may live up to 100 years.