CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja
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सूत उवाच
निशम्य
कौषारविणोपवर्णितं
ध्रुवस्य
वैकुण्ठपदाधिरोहणम् ।
प्ररूढमावो
मगवत्यधोक्षजे
प्रष्टुं पुनस्तं विदुरः प्रचक्रमे ॥ १ ॥
sūta uvāca
niśamya kauṣāraviṇopavarṇitam
dhruvasya vaikuṇṭha-padādhirohaṇam
prarūḍha-bhāvo bhagavaty adhokṣaje
praṣṭum punas tam viduraḥ pracakrame
sūtaḥ uvāca —Sūta Gosvāmī said;  niśamya —after hearing;  kauṣāraviṇā —by the sage Maitreya;  upavarṇitam —described;  dhruvasya —of Mahārāja Dhruva;  vaikuṇṭha-pada —to the abode of Viṣṇu;  adhirohaṇam —ascent;  prarūḍha —increased;  bhāvaḥ —devotional emotion;  bhagavati —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  adhokṣaje —who is beyond the reach of direct perception;  praṣṭum —to inquire;  punaḥ —again;  tam —unto Maitreya;  viduraḥ —Vidura;  pracakrame —attempted.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī, continuing to speak to all the ṛṣis, headed by Śaunaka, said: After hearing Maitreya Rṣi describe Dhruva Mahārāja's ascent to Lord Viṣṇu's abode, Vidura became very enlightened in devotional emotion, and he inquired from Maitreya as follows.
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