Text 30] Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home 401

When Dhruva Maharaja factually saw the Supreme Personality of God-
head, there was no question of arevengeful attitude towards his stepmother
nor any aspiration to lord it over the material world, but the Supreme
Personality is so kind that He knew that Dhruva Maharaja wanted these.
Speaking before Dhruva Maharaja, He used the word vedaham because
when Dhruva Maharaja demanded material benefits, the Lord was present
within his heart and so knew everything. The Lord always knows every-
thing that a man is thinking. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita also:
vedaham samatitani.

The Lord fulfilled all Dhruva Maharaja’s desires. His revengeful
attitude towards his stepmother and stepbrother was satisfied. He wanted
a more exalted position than his great-grandfather. That was also fulfilled.
And at the same time, his eternal position in Dhruvaloka was fixed. Al-
though Dhruva Maharaja’s achievement of an eternal planet was not
conceived by him, Krsna thought, ““What will Dhruva do with an exalted
position within this material world?” Therefore He gave him the opportu-
nity to rule this material world for 36,000 years with unchangeable senses
and the chance to perform many great sacrifices and thus become the most
reputed king within this material world. And, after finishing with all this
material enjoyment, he would be promoted to the spiritual world, which
includes the Dhruvaloka.

TEXT 30
ya sara
anf tanta qed
Fig: TAIT HATTA: |
UAT: TATA oll
dhruva uvaca
samadhina naika-bhavena yat padam
viduh sanandadaya tirdhva-retasah
masair aham sadbhir amusya padayos
chayam upetyapagatah prthan-matih

dhruvah uvaca—Dhruva Maharaja said; samadhina—by practicing yoga
in trance; na—never; eka-bhavena--by one birth; yat—which; padam—
position; viduh—understood; sananda-adayah—the four brahmacaris headed
