Text 29] Svayambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Maharaja 481
upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead and within six months he was
able to see the Supreme Lord face to face. Factually, Dhruva Maharaja is
the glory of the Manu dynasty, or the human family. The human family
begins from Manu. The Sanskrit word for man is manusya, which means
“descendant of Manu.” Dhruva Maharaja is not only the glory of the
family of Svayambhuva Manu, but he is the glory of the entire human
society. Because Dhruva Maharaja had already surrendered to the Supreme
Godhead, he was especially requested not to do anything unbefitting a
surrendered soul.
TEXT 29
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tam enam angatmani mukta-vigrahe
vyapasritam nirgunam ekam aksaram
atmanam anviccha vimuktam atma-drg
yasminn idam bhedam asat pratiyate
tam—Him; enam—that; anga—my dear Dhruva; dtmani—in the mind;
mukta-vigrahe—free from anger; vyapdsritam—situated; nirgunam—tran-
scendental;ekam—one;aksaram—the infallible Brahman ;4tmanam-—the self;
anviccha—try to find out; vimuktam—uncontaminated; atma-drk—facing
toward the Supersoul; yasmin—in which; idam—this; bhedam—differentia-
tion; asat—unreal; pratiyate—appears to be.
TRANSLATION
My dear Dhruva, please, therefore, turn your attention to the Supreme
Person, who is the infallible Brahman. Face the Supreme Personality of
Godhead in your original position, and thus, by self-realization, you will
find this material differentiation to be merely flickering.
PURPORT
The living entities have three kinds of vision, according to their positions
in self-realization. According to the bodily concept of life, one sees
differentiation in terms of varieties of bodies. The living entity actually
passes through many varieties of material forms, but despite all such
changes of body, he is eternal. When living entities, therefore, are viewed
