CHAPTER ELEVEN
Svayambhuva Manu Advises
Dhruva Maharaja to Stop Fighting
TEXT 1
aa sara
freee acaaaiint qaft ya: |
ATYSAHTT «= TATA lf I
maitreya uvaca
nisamya gadatam evam
rstnam dhanusi dhruvah
sandadhe ‘stram upasprsya
yan narayana-nirmitam
maitreyaft uvaca—the sage Maitreya continued to speak; nisamya—having
heard; gadatam—the words; evam—thus; rsinadm—of the sages; dhanusi—
upon his bow; dhruvah—\)hruva Maharaja; sandadhe—fixed; astram—an
arrow; upaspysya—after touching water; yat—that which; n@rayana—by
Narayana; nirmitam—was made.
TRANSLATION
Sri Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, when Dhruva Maharaja heard the
encouraging words of the great sages, he performed the acamana by
touching water and then took up his arrow, which was made by Lord
Narayana, and fixed it upon his bow.
PURPORT
Dhruva Maharaja was given a specific arrow made by Lord Narayana
Himself, and he now fixed it upon his bow to finish the illusory atmos-
phere created by the Yaksas. As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, mam eva
ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te. (Bg. 7.14) Without Narayana, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, no one is able to overcome the action
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