480 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 11
are doing in this life they will continue to do in the next. They will simply
change their material bodies for spiritual bodies. Unlike the demons, they
no longer have to change material bodies. The Lord, therefore, is simulta-
neously death and immortality. He is death for demons and immortality
for devotees. He is the ultimate goal of everyone because He is the cause of
all causes. Dhruva Maharaja was advised to surrender unto Him in all
respects, without keeping any personal ambition. One may put forward
the argument, “Why are the demigods worshiped?” The answer is given
here that demigods are worshiped by less intelligent men. The demigods
themselves accept sacrifices for the ultimate satisfaction of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 28
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ATT SH A 1 HrateAT: RCI
yah pafica-varso jananim tvam vihaya
matuh sapatnya vacasa bhinna-marma
vanam gatas tapasa pratyag-aksam
aradhya lebhe miirdhni padam tri-lokyah
yah—one who; pajica-varsah—five years old; jananim—mother; tvam—
you; vihdya—leaving aside; maétuh—of the mother; sa-patnyah—of the co-
wife; vacasd—by the words; bhinna-marma—aggrieved at heart; vanam—to
the forest; gatah—went; tapasa—by austerity; pratyak-aksam—the Supreme
Lord; dradhya— worshiping; lebhe—achieved; miirdhni—on the top; padam—
the position; tri-lokyah—of the three worlds.
TRANSLATION
My dear Dhruva, at the age of only five years you were very grievously
afflicted by the words of your mother’s co-wife, and you very boldly gave
up the protection of your mother and went to the forest to engage in the
yogic process for realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As a
result of this you have already achieved the topmost position in all the
three worlds.
PURPORT
Manu was very proud that Dhruva Maharaja was one of the descendants
in his family because at the age of only five years Dhruva began meditating
