Texts 20-21] Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home 389
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nanyair adhisthitam bhadra
yad bhrajisnu dhruva-ksiti
yatra graharksa-taranam
jyotisam cakram ahitam
medhyam go-cakravat sthasnu
parastat kalpa-vasinam
dharmo ‘gnih kasyapah sukro
munayo ye vanaukasah
caranti daksini-krtya
bhramanto yat satarakah
na—never; anyaih—by others; adhisthitam—was ruled over; bhadra—my
good boy; yat—which; bhrajisnu—brightly glowing; dhruva-ksiti—the land
known as Dhruvaloka; yatra—where; graha—planets; rksa—constellations;
taranam—and stars; jyotisam—by luminaries; cakram—encirclement; ahitam
—is done; medhyam—around a central pole;go—of bulls; cakra—a multitude;
vat—like; sthdsnu—stationary; parastat—beyond; kalpa—a day of Brahma
(millennium); vasinam—those who live; dharmah—Dharma; agnih—Agni;
kas yapah—Kaésyapa; sukrah—Sukra; munayah—great sages; ye--all of them
who; vana-okasah—living in the forest; caranti-move; daksini-krtya—keep-
ing it to their right; bhramantah—circumambulating; yat—which planet;
sa-tdrakah—with all the stars.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead continued: My dear Dhruva, I
shall award you the glowing planet known as the Pole Star, which will
continue to stay even after the dissolution at the end of the millen-
nium. No one has ever ruled over this planet, which is surrounded
by all the solar systems, planets and stars. All the luminaries in the
sky circumambulate this planet, just as bulls go around a central
pole for the purpose of crushing grains. Keeping it to their right, all the stars
inhabited by the great sages like Dharma, Agni, Kasyapa and Sukra
