456 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 11
tan hanyamanan abhiviksya guhyakan
anagasaé citra-rathena bhurisah
auttanapadim krpaya pitamaho
manur jagadopagatah saharsibhih
tan—those Yaksas; hanyamanan—being killed; abhiviksya—seeing;
guhyakan—the Yaksas; andgasah—offenseless; citra-rathena—by Dhruva
Maharaja, who had a beautiful chariot; bhirisah—greatly; auttanapadim—
unto the son of Uttanapada; krpaya—out of mercy; pitamahah—
the grandfather; manuh—Svayambhuva Manu; jagada—gave instructions;
upagatah—approached; saha rsibhih—with great sages.
TRANSLATION
When Svayambhuva Manu saw that his grandson Dhruva Maharaja was
killing so many of the Yaksas who were not actually offenders, out of his
great compassion he approached Dhruva with great sages to give him good
instruction.
PURPORT
Dhruva Maharaja attacked Alakapuri, the city of the Yakgas, because
his brother was killed by one of them. Actually only one of the citizens,
not all of them, was guilty of killing his brother Uttama. Dhruva Maharaja,
of course, took a very serious step when his brother was killed by the
Yaksas. War was declared, and the fighting was going on. This sometimes
happens in present days also—for one man’s fault a whole state is some-
times attacked. This kind of wholesale attack is not approved by Manu,
the father and lawgiver of the human race. He therefore wanted to stop his
grandson Dhruva from continuing to kill the Yakga citizens who were not
offenders.
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WALATA
HE TMA TART TCH |
WA —_- RATATI AANA! II 9 II
manur uvaca
alarm vatsatirosena
tamo-dvarena papmanda
yena punya-janan etan
avadhis tvam anagasah
manuh uvaéca—Manu said; alam—enough; vatsa—my dear boy; atirosena—
with excessive anger; tamalhi-dvarena—the path of ignorance; papmana—
