Text 9] Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead
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tion that he might constantly remember the lotus feet of the Lord. This stage of life is called  pañca-puruṣārtha . When a devotee comes to the platform of  pañca-puruṣārtha , simply engaging in devotional service to the Lord, the fourth  puruṣārtha , liberation, becomes very insignificant in his eyes. Śrīla Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī has stated in this connection that for a devotee liberation is a hellish condition of life; as for sense gratification, which is available in the heavenly planets, the devotee considers it to be a will-o'-the-wisp, having no value in life.  Yogīs  endeavor to control the senses, but for a devotee, controlling the senses is no difficulty at all. The senses are compared to serpents, but for a devotee the serpents' poison teeth are broken. Thus Śrīla Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī has analyzed all kinds of benedictions available in this world, and he clearly declares that for a pure devotee they are all of no significance. Dhruva Mahārāja was also a  mahā-bhāgavata , or a first-class pure devotee, and his intelligence was very great ( mahā-matiḥ ). Unless one is very intelligent, one cannot take to devotional service or  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness. Naturally, anyone who is a first-class devotee must be a first-class intelligent person and therefore not interested in any kind of benediction within this material world. Dhruva Mahārāja was offered benediction by the king of the kings. Kuvera, the treasurer of the demigods, whose only business is to supply immense riches to persons within this materialistic world, is described as the king of kings because unless benedicted by Kuvera one cannot become a king. The king of the kings personally offered Dhruva Mahārāja any amount of riches, but he declined. He is described, therefore, as  mahā-matiḥ , very thoughtful or highly intellectual.
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तस्य प्रीतेन मनसा तां दन्वैडविडस्ततः। पश्यतोऽन्तर्दधे सोऽपि स्वपुरं प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ ९ ॥
tasya prītena manasā   tām dattvaiḍaviḍas tataḥ   paśyato 'ntardadhe so 'pi   sva-puram pratyapadyata
tasya —with Dhruva;  prītena —being very pleased;  manasā —with such a mentality;  tām —that remembrance;  dattvā —having given;  aiḍaviḍaḥ —Kuvera, son of  lḍaviḍā ;  tataḥ —thereafter;  paśyataḥ —while Dhruva was looking on;  antardadhe —disappeared;  saḥ —he (Dhruva);  api —also;  sva-puram —to his city;  pratyapadyata —returned.