Text 23] Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home 391

prasthite—after departure; tu—but; vanam-to the forest; pitra—by your
father; dattvud-awarding; gam—the whole world; dharma-samsrayah—under
the protection of piety; sat-trimsat—thirty-six; varsa—years; sahasram—one
thousand; raksita—you will rule; avyahata—without decay; indriyah—the
power of the senses.

TRANSLATION

After your father goes to the forest and awards you the rule of his
kingdom, you will rule the entire world continually for 36,000 years, and
all your senses will continue to be as strong as they are now. You will
never become old.

PURPORT

In the Satya-yuga people generally lived for 100,000 years. Dhruva
Maharaja’s ruling the world for 36,000 years was quite possible in those
days.

TEXT 23

AAMT V2 TTA 7 AArM: |
HATA TA ATA TATA A TREAT 12H

tvad-bhratary uttame naste
mrgayayam tu tan-manah
anvesanti vanam mata
davagnim sa praveksyati
tvat—y our; bhratari—brother;uttame—Uttama;naste—being killed; myga-
yayam—in hunting; tu—then; tat-manah—being too afflicted; anvesanti—
while searching out; vanam—in the forest; mata—the mother; dava-agnim—
in the forest fire; sa—she; praveksyati—will enter.

TRANSLATION

The Lord continued: Sometime in the future your brother Uttama will
go hunting in the forest, and while absorbed in hunting, he will be killed.
Your stepmother Suruci, being maddened upon the death of her son, will
go to search him out in the forest, but she will be devoured by a forest
fire.

PURPORT

Dhruva Maharaja came to the forest to search out the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead with a revenging spirit against his stepmother. His step-
