CHAPTER ELEVEN
Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting
TEXT 1
मैत्रेय उवाच
निशम्य गदतामेवमृषीणां घनुषि ध्रुवः । संदधेऽत्तम्रुपस्पृश्य यन्मारायणनिमितम् ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca niśamya gadatām evam ṛṣīṇām dhanuṣi dhruvaḥ sandadhe 'stram upaspṛśya yan nārāyaṇa-nirmitam
maitreyaḥ uvāca —the sage Maitreya continued to speak;  niśamya —having heard;  gadatām —the words;  evam —thus;  ṛṣīṇām —of the sages;  dhanuṣi —upon his bow;  dhruvaḥ —Dhruva Mahārāja;  sandadhe —fixed;  astram —an arrow;  upaspṛśya —after touching water;  yat —that which;  nārāyaṇa —by Nārāyaṇa;  nirmitam —was made.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, when Dhruva Mahārāja heard the encouraging words of the great sages, he performed the ācamana by touching water and then took up his arrow, which was made by Lord Nārāyaṇa, and fixed it upon his bow.
PURPORT
Dhruva Mahārāja was given a specific arrow made by Lord Nārāyaṇa. Himself, and he now fixed it upon his bow to finish the illusory atmosphere created by the Yakṣas. As it is stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā ,  mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te . (Bg. 7.14) Without Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, no one is able to overcome the action
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