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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 10]
was busy in his political affairs and duties of government management, still he was very anxious for self-realization. Therefore as soon as his son, Dhruva Mahārāja, was quite worthy to take charge of the government, he took this opportunity to leave home, just like his son, who, without fear, left home for self-realization, even at the age of five years. These are rare instances from which we can see that the importance of spiritual realization is above all other important work. Mahārāja Uttānapāda knew very well that to get his son, Dhruva Mahārāja, married was not so important that it should take preference to his going away to the forest for self-realization.
TEXT 2
इलायामपि भार्यायां वायोः पुत्र्यां महाबलः ।
पुत्रमुत्कलनामानं योषिद्रत्नमजीजनत् ॥ २ ॥
ilāyām api bhāryāyām vāyoḥ putryām mahā-balaḥ putram utkala-nāmānam yoṣid-ratnam ajījanat
ilāyām—unto his wife named Ilā; api—also; bhāryāyām—unto his wife; vāyoḥ—of the demigod Vāyu (controller of air); putryām—unto the daughter; mahā-balaḥ—the greatly powerful Dhruva Mahārāja; putram—son; utkala—Utkala; nāmānam—of the name; yoṣit—female; ratnam—jewel; ajījanat—he begot.
TRANSLATION
The greatly powerful Dhruva Mahārāja had another wife named Ilā, who was the daughter of the demigod Vāyu. In her he begot a son named Utkala and a very beautiful daughter.
TEXT 3
उत्तमस्त्वकृतोद्वाहो मृगयायां बलीयसा ।
हतः पुण्यजनेनाद्रौ तन्मातास्य गतिं गता ॥ ३ ॥
uttamas tv akṛtodvāho mṛgayāyām balīyasā hataḥ puṇya-janenādrau tan-mātāsya gatim gatā
uttamaḥ—Uttama; tu—but; akṛta—without; udvāhaḥ—marriage; mṛgayāyām—on a hunting excursion; balīyasā—very powerful; hataḥ—was killed; puṇya-janena—by a Yakṣa; adrau—on the Himalayan Mountains; tat—his; mātā—mother (Suruci); asya—of her son; gatim—way; gatā—followed.