Text 10] Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home 373

PURPORT

Dhruva Maharaja repented because he came to the Lord to render
devotional service for material profit. He here condemns his attitude.
Only due to gross lack of knowledge does one worship the Lord for
material profit or for sense gratification. The Lord is like a desire tree.
Anyone can have whatever he desires from the Lord, but people in general
do not know what kind of benediction they should ask from Him.
Happiness derived from the touch of skin, or sensuous happiness, is present
in the life of hogs and dogs. Such happiness is very insignificant. If a
devotee worships the Lord for such insignificant happiness, he must be
considered devoid of all knowledge.

TEXT 10

wT frfraqua aa Teua-
UAT KIAATTIVAAT A TAT |
aT mentor rafearaty ary aT a
fei eaecanfttetomreraat frat |? ol

yd nirvrtis tanu-bhrtam tava pada-padma-
dhyanad bhavaj-jana-katha-sravanena va syat

sa brahmani sva-mahimany api natha ma bhut
kim tv antakasi-lulitat patatam vimanat

ya—that which; nirurtih—blissfulness; tanu-bhrtam—of the embodied;
tava—your; pdada-padma-—lotus feet; dhyanat—from meditating upon;
bhavat-jana—from Your intimate devotees; kathd—topics; sravanena—by
hearing; vd—or; syat—comes into being; sa—that bliss; brahmani—in the
impersonal Brahman; sva-mahimani—Your own magnificence; api—even;
natha—O Lord; ma—never; bhiit—exists; kim—what to speak of; tu—then;
antaka-asi—by the sword of death; lulitat—being destroyed; patatam--
of those who fall down; vimanat—from their airplanes.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, the transcendental bliss derived from meditating upon Your
lotus feet or hearing about Your glories from pure devotees is so
unlimited that it is far beyond the stage of brahmananda, wherein one
thinks himself merged in the impersonal Brahman as one with the Supreme.
Since brahmananda is also defeated by the transcendental bliss derived
