Text 15] Dhruva Maharaja’s Fight with the Yakgas 441
TRANSLATION

All the Siddhas from the higher planetary systems were observing the
fight from the sky, and when they saw that Dhruva Maharaja had been
covered by the incessant arrows of the enemy, they roared tumultuously,
“The grandson of Manu, Dhruva, is now lost!” They cried that Dhruva
Maharaja was just like the sun and that now he had set within the ocean of
the Yaksas.

PURPORT

In this verse mdnava is very significant. Generally this word is used to
mean “human being.” Dhruva Maharaja is also described here as manava.
Not only is Dhruva Maharaja a descendant of Manu, but all human society
descends from Manu. According to Vedic civilization, Manu is the lawgiver.
Even today Hindus in India follow the laws given by Manu. Everyone,
therefore, in human society is a mdanava, or descendant from Manu, but
Dhruva Maharaja is a distinguished manava because he is a great devotee.

The denizens of the planet Siddhaloka, where the residents can fly in the
sky without airplanes, were anxious over Dhruva Maharaja’s welfare in the
battlefield. Srila Ripa Gosvami says, therefore, that a devotee is not only
well protected by the Supreme Lord, but all the demigods, and even ordi-
nary men, are anxious for his security and safety. The comparison given
here that Dhruva Maharaja appeared to merge in the ocean of the Yaksas
is also significant. When the sun sets on the horizon, it appears that the
sun drowns in the ocean, but factually the sun has no difficulty. Similarly,
although Dhruva appeared to drown in the ocean of the Yaksas, he had no
difficulty. As the sun rises again in due course at the end of night, so
Dhruva Maharaja, although he might have been in difficulty (because, after
all, it was a fight, and in any fighting activities there are reverses), that did
not mean that he was defeated.

TEXT 15
a Taay arya sz |
sefraraera erage | ATR: 1124
nadatsu yatudhanesu
Jayakasisv atho mrdhe
udatisthad rathas lasya
niharad iva bhaskarah
