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Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja
461
PURPORT
Dhruva Mahārāja was a pure devotee and was accustomed to always thinking of the Lord. Reciprocally, the Lord always thinks of those pure devotees who think of Him only, twenty-four hours a day. As a pure devotee does not know anything beyond the Lord, so the Lord does not know anything beyond His pure devotee. Svāyambhuva Manu pointed out this fact to Dhruva Mahārāja: “You are not only a pure devotee, but you are recognized by all pure devotees of the Lord. You should always act in such an exemplary way that others may learn from you. Under the circumstances, it is surprising that you have killed so many faultless Yakṣas.”
TEXT 13
तितिक्षया करुणया मैत्र्या चाखिलजन्तुषु । समत्वेन च सर्वात्मा भगवान् सम्प्रसीदति ॥१३॥
titikṣayā karuṇayā maitryā cākhila-jantuṣu samatvena ca sarvātmā bhagavān samprasīdati
titikṣayā —by tolerance;  karuṇayā —by mercy;  maitryā —by friendship;  ca —also;  akhila —universal;  jantuṣu —unto the living entities;  samatvena —by equilibrium;  ca —also;  sarva-ātmā —the Supersoul;  bhagavān —Personality of Godhead;  samprasīdati —becomes very satisfied.
TRANSLATION
The Lord is very satisfied with His devotee when the devotee greets other people with tolerance, mercy, friendship and equality.
PURPORT
It is the duty of an advanced devotee in the second stage of devotional perfection to act in accordance with this verse. There are three stages of devotional life. In the lowest stage, a devotee is simply concerned with the Deity in the temple, and he worships the Lord with great devotion, according to rules and regulations. In the second stage the devotee is cognizant of his relationship with the Lord, his relationship with fellow devotees, his relationship with persons who are innocent and his relationship with persons who are envious. Sometimes devotees are ill-treated by