Text 22] Dhruva Maharaja’s Fight with the Yaksas 445

TEXT 21

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apasyamanah sa tadatatayinam
maha-mrdhe kaiicana manavottamah
purim didrksann api navisad dvisam
na mayinam veda cikirsitam janah

apasyamdnah—while not observing; sah—Dhruva; tadd—at that time;
dtatayinam—armed opposing soldier; maha-mrdhe—in that great battlefield;
kaficana—any; manava-uttamah—the best of the human beings; purim—the
city; didrksan—wishing to see; api—although; na dvisat—did not enter;
dvisim—of the enemies; na—not; mayindm—of the mystics; veda—knows;
cikirsitam—the plans; janah—anyone.

TRANSLATION

Dhruva Maharaja, the best of human beings, observed that in that great
battlefield not one of the opposing soldiers was left standing with proper
weapons. He then desired to see the city of Alakapuri, but he thought to
himself, ‘‘No one knows the plans of the mystic Yaksas.”

TEXT 22
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iti bruvams citra-rathah sva-sarathim
yattah paresam pratiyoga-sankitah

Susrava Sabdam jaladher iveritam
nabhasvato diksu rajo ‘nv adrsyata

iti—thus; bruvan—talking; citra-rathah—Dhruva Maharaja, whose chariot
was very beautiful; sva-sdrathim—to his charioteer; yatlah—being on guard;
