Text 40]
Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead
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PURPORT
Each and every planet within the universe travels at a very high speed. From a statement in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  it is understood that even the sun travels 16,000 miles in a second, and from  Brahmā-saṁhitā  we understand from the  śloka ,  yac-cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇām , that the sun is considered to be the eye of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, and it also has a specific orbit within which it circles. Similarly, all other planets have their specific orbits. But together all of them encircle the Pole Star, or Dhruvaloka, where Dhruva Mahārāja is situated at the summit of the three worlds. We can only imagine how highly exalted the actual position of a devotee is, and certainly we cannot even conceive how exalted is the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 40
महिमानं विलोक्यास्य नारदो भगवानृषिः । आतोधं वितुदम् श्लोकान् सत्रेऽगायत्प्रचेतसाम्॥४०॥
mahimānam vilokyāsya nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ ātodyam vitudan ślokān satre 'gāyat pracetasām
mahimānam—glories; vilokya—observing; asya—of Dhruva Mahārāja; nāradaḥ—the great sage Nārada; bhagavān—equally exalted like the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ṛṣiḥ—the saint; ātodyam—the string instrument, vīṇā; vitudan—playing on; ślokān—verses; satre—in the sacrificial arena; agāyat—chanted; pracetasām—of the Pracetās.
TRANSLATION
After observing the glories of Dhruva Mahārāja, the great sage Nārada, playing his vīṇā, went to the sacrificial arena of the Pracetās and very happily chanted the following three verses.
PURPORT
The great sage Nārada was the spiritual master of Dhruva Mahārāja. Certainly he was very glad to see his glories. As a father is very happy to see the