Text 5] Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight with the Yakṣas
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TRANSLATION
Dhruva Mahārāja's younger brother Uttama, who was still unmarried, once went on a hunting excursion and was killed by a powerful Yakṣa in the Himalayan Mountains. Along with him, his mother, Suruci, also followed the path of her son [died].
TEXT 4
ध्रुवो भ्रातृवधं भुत्वा कोपामर्षशुचार्पितः । जैत्रं स्यन्दनमास्याय गतः पुण्यजनालयम् ॥ ४ ॥
dhruvo bhrātṛ-vadham śrutvā kopāmarṣa-śucārpitaḥ jaitram syandanam āsthāya gataḥ puṇya-janālayam
dhruvaḥ—  Dhruva Mahārāja;  bhrātṛ-vadham—  killing of his brother;  śrutvā—  hearing this news;  kopa—  anger;  amarṣa—  vengeance;  śucā—  lamentation;  arpitaḥ—  being filled with;  jaitram—  victorious;  syandanam—  chariot;  āsthāya—  getting on;  gataḥ—  went;  puṇya-jana-ālayam—  to the city of the Yakṣas.
TRANSLATION
When Dhruva Mahārāja heard of the killing of his brother Uttama by the Yakṣas in the Himalayan Mountains, being overwhelmed with lamentation and anger, he got on his chariot and went for victory over the city of the Yakṣas, Alakāpurī.
PURPORT
Dhruva Mahārāja's becoming angry, overwhelmed with grief, and envious of the enemies was not incompatible with his position as a great devotee. It is a misunderstanding that a devotee should not be angry, envious or overwhelmed by lamentation. Dhruva Mahārāja was the King, and when his brother was unceremoniously killed, it was his duty to take revenge against the Yakṣas from the Himalayas.
TEXT 5
गत्वोदीचीं दिशं राजा रुद्रानुचरसेविताम् । ददर्श हिमवद्द्रोण्यां पुरीं गुह्यकसंकुलाम् ॥ ५ ॥
gatvodīcīm diśam rājā rudrānucara-sevitām