Text 27] Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home 395

dhaéma—to His abode; svam—own; agat—He returned; garuda-dhvajah—
Lord Vignu, whose flag bears the emblem of Garuda.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya said: After being worshiped and honored by the
boy, Dhruva Maharaja, and offering him His abode, Lord Vignu returned
to His abode on the back of Garuda as Dhruva Maharaja looked on.

PURPORT

From this verse it appears that Lord Visnu awarded Dhruva Maharaja
the same abode in which He resides. His abode is described in the Bhagavad-
gitd (15.6): yad gatvda na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama.

TEXT 27

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mica aaeaaa lol AT MaSeTATTTA VOI

so ‘pi sankalpajam visnoh
pada-sevopasaditam

prapya sankalpa-nirvanam
natiprito *bhyagat puram

sah—he (Dhruva Maharaja); api—although; sankalpa-jam—the desired
result; visnoh—of Lord Visnu; pdda-seva—by serving the lotus feet;
upasaditam—obtained ; prapya—having achieved; sankalpa—of his determi-
nation; nirvanam—the satisfaction; na—not; atipritah—very much pleased;
abhyagat—he returned; puram—to his home.

TRANSLATION

Despite having achieved the desired result of his determination by
worshiping the lotus feet of the Lord, Dhruva Maharaja was not very pleased.
Thus he returned to his home.

PURPORT

By worshiping the lotus feet of the Lord in devotional service as in-
structed by Narada Muni, Dhruva Maharaja achieved the desired result. His
desire was to get a very exalted position, excelling those of his father,
grandfather and great-grandfather, and although it was a somewhat child-
ish determination because Dhruva Maharaja was nothing but a small child,
still Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is so kind and
