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Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja
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upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead and within six months he was able to see the Supreme Lord face to face. Factually, Dhruva Mahārāja is the glory of the Manu dynasty, or the human family. The human family begins from Manu. The Sanskrit word for man is  manuṣya , which means “descendant of Manu.” Dhruva Mahārāja is not only the glory of the family of Svāyambhuva Manu, but he is the glory of the entire human society. Because Dhruva Mahārāja had already surrendered to the Supreme Godhead, he was especially requested not to do anything unbefitting a surrendered soul.
TEXT 29
तमेनमङ्गात्मनि मुक्तविग्रहे 
    व्यपाश्रितं निर्गुणमेकमक्षरम् । 
    अत्मानमन्विच्छ विमुक्तमात्मदृग् 
    यस्मिन्निदं भेदमसत्प्रतीयते ॥२९॥
tam enam aṅgātmani mukta-vigrahe 
    vyapāśritam nirguṇam ekam akṣaram 
    ātmānam anviccha vimuktam ātma-dṛg 
    yasminn idam bhedam asat pratīyate
tam—Him; enam—that; aṅga—my dear Dhruva; ātmani—in the mind; mukta-vigrahe—free from anger; vyapāśritam—situated; nirguṇam—transcendental; ekam—one; akṣaram—the infallible Brahman; ātmānam—the self; anviccha—try to find out; vimuktam—uncontaminated; ātma-dṛk—facing toward the Supersoul; yasmin—in which; idam—this; bhedam—differentiation; asat—unreal; pratīyate—appears to be.
TRANSLATION
My dear Dhruva, please, therefore, turn your attention to the Supreme Person, who is the infallible Brahman. Face the Supreme Personality of Godhead in your original position, and thus, by self-realization, you will find this material differentiation to be merely flickering.
PURPORT
The living entities have three kinds of vision, according to their positions in self-realization. According to the bodily concept of life, one sees differentiation in terms of varieties of bodies. The living entity actually passes through many varieties of material forms, but despite all such changes of body, he is eternal. When living entities, therefore, are viewed