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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 12]
tadā dundubhayo nedur mṛdaṅga-paṇavādayaḥ gandharva-mukhyāḥ prajaguḥ petuḥ kusuma-vṛṣṭayaḥ
tadā—at that time; dundubhayaḥ—kettledrums; neduḥ—resounded; mṛdaṅga—drums; paṇava—small drums; ādayaḥ—etc.; gandharva-mukhyāḥ—the chief residents of Gandharvaloka; prajaguḥ—sang; petuḥ—showered; kusuma—flowers; vṛṣṭayaḥ—like rains.
TRANSLATION
At that time drums and kettledrums resounded from the sky, the chief Gandharvas began to sing, and other demigods showered flowers like torrents of rain upon Dhruva Mahārāja.
TEXT 32
स च स्वलोकमारोक्ष्यन् सुनीतिं जननीं ध्रुवः । अन्वसरदगं हित्वा दीनां यास्ये त्रिविष्टपम् ॥३२॥
sa ca svarlokam ārokṣyan sunītim jananīm dhruvaḥ anvasmarad agam hitvā dīnām yāsye tri-viṣṭapam
saḥ—He; ca—also; svar-lokam—to the celestial planet; ārokṣyan—about to ascend; sunītim—Sunīti; jananīm—mother; dhruvaḥ—Dhruva Mahārāja; anvasmarat—immediately remembered; agam—difficult to attain; hitvā—leaving behind; dīnām—poor; yāsye—I shall go; tri-viṣṭapam—to the Vaikuṇṭha planet.
TRANSLATION
Dhruva was seated in the transcendental airplane, which was just about to start, when he remembered his poor mother, Sunīti. He thought to himself, “How shall I go alone to the Vaikuṇṭha planet and leave behind my poor mother?”
PURPORT
Dhruva had a feeling of obligation to his mother, Sunīti. It was Sunīti who gave him the clue which had enabled him to now be personally carried to the Vaikuṇṭha planet by the associates of Lord Viṣṇu. He now remembered her and wanted to take her with him. Actually, Dhruva Mahārāja’s mother, Sunīti, was his  patha-pradarśaka-guru .  Patha-pradarśaka-guru