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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 11]
are doing in this life they will continue to do in the next. They will simply change their material bodies for spiritual bodies. Unlike the demons, they no longer have to change material bodies. The Lord, therefore, is simultaneously death and immortality. He is death for demons and immortality for devotees. He is the ultimate goal of everyone because He is the cause of all causes. Dhruva Mahārāja was advised to surrender unto Him in all respects, without keeping any personal ambition. One may put forward the argument, “Why are the demigods worshiped?” The answer is given here that demigods are worshiped by less intelligent men. The demigods themselves accept sacrifices for the ultimate satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 28
यः पञ्चवर्षो जननीं त्वं विहाय
मातुः सपत्न्या वचसा भिन्नमर्मा ।
वनं गतस्तपसा प्रत्यगक्ष-
माराष्य लेभे मूर्ध्नि पदं त्रिलोक्याः ॥२८॥
yaḥ pañca-varṣo jananīm tvam vihāya
mātuḥ sapatnyā vacasā bhinna-marmā
vanam gatas tapasā pratyag-akṣam
ārādhya lebhe mūrdhni padam tri-lokyāḥ
yaḥ —one who;  pañca-varṣaḥ —five years old;  jananīm —mother;  tvam —you;  vihāya —leaving aside;  mātuḥ —of the mother;  sa-patnyāḥ —of the co-wife;  vacasā —by the words;  bhinna-marmā —aggrieved at heart;  vanam —to the forest;  gataḥ —went;  tapasā —by austerity;  pratyak-akṣam —the Supreme Lord;  ārādhya —worshiping;  lebhe —achieved;  mūrdhni —on the top;  padam —the position;  tri-lokyāḥ —of the three worlds.
TRANSLATION
My dear Dhruva, at the age of only five years you were very grievously afflicted by the words of your mother’s co-wife, and you very boldly gave up the protection of your mother and went to the forest to engage in the yogic process for realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As a result of this you have already achieved the topmost position in all the three worlds.
PURPORT
Manu was very proud that Dhruva Mahārāja was one of the descendants in his family because at the age of only five years Dhruva began meditating