Text 22|
Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight with the Yakṣas
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TEXT 21
अपश्यमानः स तदाऽऽततायिनं 
  महामृधे कंचन मानवोत्तमः । 
  पुरीं दिद्ध्वन्नपि नाविशद् द्विषां 
  न मायिनां वेद चिकीर्षितं जनः ॥२१॥
apaśyamānaḥ sa tadātatāyinam 
  mahā-mṛdhe kañcana mānavottamaḥ 
  purīm didṛkṣann api nāviśad dviṣām 
  na māyinām veda cikīrṣitam janaḥ
apaśyamānaḥ—while not observing; saḥ—Dhruva; tadā—at that time; ātatāyinam—armed opposing soldier; mahā-mṛdhe—in that great battlefield; kañcana—any; mānava-uttamaḥ—the best of the human beings; purīm—the city; didṛkṣan—wishing to see; api—although; na āviśat—did not enter; dviṣām—of the enemies; na—not; māyinām—of the mystics; veda—knows; cikīrṣitam—the plans; janaḥ—anyone.
TRANSLATION
Dhruva Mahārāja, the best of human beings, observed that in that great battlefield not one of the opposing soldiers was left standing with proper weapons. He then desired to see the city of Alakāpurī, but he thought to himself, “No one knows the plans of the mystic Yakṣas.”
TEXT 22
इति ब्रुवंश्चित्ररथः स्वसारथिं 
  यत्तः परेषां प्रतियोगशङ्कितः । 
  शुश्राव शब्दं जलधेरिवेरितं 
  नमस्वतो दिक्षु रजोऽन्वदृश्यत ॥२२॥
iti bruvamś citra-rathaḥ sva-sārathim 
  yattaḥ pareṣām pratiyoga-śaṅkitaḥ 
  śuśrāva śabdam jaladher iveritam 
  nabhasvato dikṣu rajo 'nv adṛśyata
iti—thus; bruvan—talking; citra-rathaḥ—Dhruva Mahārāja, whose chariot was very beautiful; sva-sārathim—to his charioteer; yattaḥ—being on guard;