Texts 42-43] Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home 413

PURPORT

After the departure of Dhruva Maharaja from the palace, the King was
very afflicted, but by the kind words of Saint Narada he was partially
satisfied. He could understand the great fortune of his wife Suniti and the
great misfortune of Queen Suruci, for these facts were certainly very open
in the palace. But still when the news reached the palace that Dhruva
Maharaja was returning, his mother, Suniti, out of her great compassion
and due to being the mother of a great Vaisnava, did not hesitate to take
the other wife, Suruci, and her son Uttama, on the same palanquin. That
is the greatness of Queen Suniti, the mother of the great Vaisnava Dhruva
Maharaja.

TEXTS 42-43

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tam drstvopavanabhyasa
ayantam tarasa rathat

avaruhya nrpas turnam
asadya prema-vihvalah

parirebhe ‘ngajam dorbhyam
dirghotkantha-manah svasan

visvaksenanghri-samsparsa-
hatasesagha-bandhanam

tam—him (Dhruva Maharaja); drstva—having seen; upavana—the small
forest; abh yase—near ;dyantam—returning; tarasad—with great haste; rathat—
from the chariot; avaruhya—got down; nrpah—the King; tirnam—immedi-
ately; dsadya—coming near; prema—with love; vihvalah—overwhelmed;
parirebhe—he embraced; anga-jam—his son; dorbhyam—with his arms;
dirgha—for a long time; utkantha—anxious; manah—the King, whose mind;
svasan—breathing heavily ; visvaksena—of the Lord; anghri—by the lotus feet;
samsparsa—being touched; hata—were destroyed; asesa—unlimited; agha—
material contamination; bandhanam—whose bondage.

TRANSLATION

Upon seeing Dhruva Maharaja approaching the neighboring small forest,
King Uttanapada with great haste got down from his chariot. He had been
