Text 29]
Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead
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PURPORT
We should mark how dutiful Dhruva Mahārāja was in his devotional service, even at the time he left this material world. He was constantly alert in the performance of devotional duties. Every devotee should take his bath early in the morning and decorate his body with  tilaka . In Kaliyuga one can hardly acquire gold or jeweled ornaments, but the twelve  tilaka  marks on the body are sufficient as auspicious decorations to purify the body. Since Dhruva Mahārāja was living at that time at Badarikāśrama, there were other great sages there. He did not become puffed up because the airplane sent by Lord Viṣṇu was waiting for him; as a humble Vaiṣṇava, he accepted blessings from all the sages before riding on the plane brought by the chief of the Vaikuṇṭha associates.
TEXT 29
परीत्याम्यन्यं धिष्ण्याग्र्यं पार्षदावभिवन्द्य च । इयेष तदधिष्ठातुं विभ्रद्वपं हिरण्मयम् ॥२९॥
parītyābhyarcya dhiṣṇyāgryam pārṣadāv abhivandya ca iyeṣa tad adhiṣṭhātum bibhrad rūpam hiraṇmayam
parītya—having circumambulated; abhyarcya—having worshiped; dhiṣṇya-agryam—the transcendental airplane; pārṣadau—unto the two associates; abhivandya—having offered obeisances; ca—also; iyeṣa—he attempted; tat—that plane; adhiṣṭhātum—to board; bibhrat—illuminating; rūpam—his form; hiraṇmayam—golden.
TRANSLATION
Before getting aboard, Dhruva Mahārāja worshiped the airplane, circumambulated it, and also offered obeisances to the associates of Viṣṇu. In the meantime he became as brilliant and illuminating as molten gold. He was thus completely prepared to board the transcendental plane.
PURPORT
In the absolute world, the plane as well as the associates of Lord Viṣṇu and Lord Viṣṇu Himself are all spiritual. There is no material contamination. In quality, everything there is one. As Lord Viṣṇu is worshipable, so also are His associates, His paraphernalia, His airplane and His abode,