CHAPTER NINE
Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home

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maitreya uvdca
ta evam utsanna-bhaya urukrame
krtavanamah prayayus tri-vistapam
sahasrasirsapi tato garutmata
madhor vanam bhrtya-didrksaya gatah

maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya continued; te—the demigods;
evam—thus; utsanna-bhayah—being freed from all fears; urukrame—unto
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose actions are uncommon; kyta-
avandmah—they offered their obeisances; prayayuh—they returned; tri-
vistapam—to their respective heavenly planets; sahasra-sirsa api—also the
Personality of Godhead known as Sahasrasirga; tatah—from there;
garutmata—getting up on the back of Garuda; madhoh vanam—the forest
known as Madhuvana; bhrtya—servant; didrksaya—wishing to see him;

gatah—went. TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya told Vidura: When the demigods were reassured
by the Personality of Godhead, they were freed from all fears, and after
offering their obeisances, they returned to their heavenly planets. Then
the Lord, who is nondifferent from the Sahasragirga incarnation, got on
the back of Garuda, who carried Him to the Madhuvana Forest to see His
servant Dhruva.

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