Text 66] Dhruva Maharaja Returns Home 429

TRANSLATION

The saintly King Uttanapada, hearing of the glorious deeds of Dhruva
Maharaja and personally seeing also how influential and great he was, felt
very satisfied, for Dhruva’s activities were wonderful to the supreme
degree.

PURPORT

When Dhruva Maharaja was in the forest executing his austerities, his
father, Uttanapada, heard everything about his very wonderful activities.
Although Dhruva Maharaja was not only the son of a king but was
only five years old, he went to the forest and executed devotional service
under strict austerity. Therefore his acts were all wonderful, and when he
came back home, naturally, because of his spiritual qualifications, he be-
came very popular amongst the citizens. He must have performed many
wonderful activities by the grace of the Lord. No one is more satisfied
than the father of a person who is credited with glorious activities.
Maharaja Uttanapada was not an ordinary king; he was a rajarsi, a saintly
king. Formerly this earth was ruled by one saintly king only. Kings were
trained to become saintly; therefore they had no other concern than the
welfare of the citizens. These saintly kings were properly trained, and as
mentioned in Bhagavad-gita also, the science of God, or the yoga system of
devotional service known as Bhagavad-gita, was spoken to the saintly king
of the sun planet, and gradually it descended through the ksatriya kings
who were generated from the sun and the moon. If the head of the govern-
ment is saintly, certainly the citizens not only become saintly, but they
are very happy because both their spiritual and physical needs and hanker-
ings are satisfied.

TEXT 66
ahead ¢ a cadiat a aeray |
aa Tat ad aa wT: TAT UGE

viksyodha-vayasam tam ca
prakrtinam ca sammatam
anurakta-prajam raja
dhruvam cakre bhuvah patim
viksya—after seeing; idha-vayasam—mature in age; tam—Dhruva;ca— and;
prakrtinam—by the ministers; ca—also;sammatam—approved of; anurakta—
