CHAPTER TEN
Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight with the Yakṣas
TEXT I
मैत्रेय उचाच
प्रजापतेर्दुहितरं शिशुमारस्य वै ध्रुवः । उपयेमे भ्रमि नाम तत्सुतौ कल्पवत्सरौ ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca prajāpater duhitaram śiśumārasya vai dhruvaḥ upayeme bhramim nāma tat-sutau kalpa-vatsarau
maitreyaḥ uvāca —the great sage Maitreya continued;  prajā-pateḥ —of the  prajāpati ;  duhitaram —daughter;  śiśumārasya —of Śiśumāra;  vai —certainly;  dhruvaḥ —Dhruva Mahārāja;  upayeme —married;  bhramim —Bhrami;  nāma —named;  tat-sutau —her sons;  kalpa —Kalpa;  vatsarau —Vatsara.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, thereafter Dhruva Mahārāja married the daughter of Prajāpati Śiśumāra, whose name was Bhrami, and two sons named Kalpa and Vatsara were born of her.
PURPORT
It appears that Dhruva Mahārāja married after being installed on the throne of his father and after the departure of his father for the forest for self-realization. It is very important to note in this connection that since Mahārāja Uttānapāda was greatly affectionate towards his son, and since it is the duty of a father to get his sons and daughters married as quickly as possible, why did he not get his son married before he left home? The answer is that Mahārāja Uttānapāda was a  rājarṣi , saintly king. Although he
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