Text 22] Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead 513

offered obeisances; ndmani—names; grnan—chanting; madhu-dvisah —of the
Lord (the enemy of Madhu); parsat—associates; pradhanau —chief; iti—thus;
samhata—respectfully joined; afijalih—with folded hands.

TRANSLATION

Dhruva Maharaja, seeing that these uncommon personalities were direct
servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, immediately stood up.
But, being puzzled, in hastiness he forgot how to receive them in the
proper way. Therefore, he simply offered obeisances with folded hands and
chanted and glorified the holy names of the Lord.

PURPORT

Chanting of the holy names of the Lord is perfect in every way. When
Dhruva Maharaja saw the Visnudiitas, the direct associates of Lord Visnu,
four-handed and nicely decorated, he could understand who they were, but
for the time being he was puzzled. But simply by chanting the holy name
of the Lord, the Hare Krsna mantra, he could satisfy the uncommon guests
who had all of a sudden arrived before him. The chanting of the holy name
of the Lord is perfect; even though one does not know how to please Lord
Visnu or His associates, simply by sincerely chanting the holy name of the
Lord, everything becomes perfect. A devotee, therefore, either in danger
or in happiness, constantly chants the Hare Krsna mantra. When he is in
danger he is immediately relieved, and when he is in a position to see Lord
Visnu or His associates directly, by chanting this maha-mantra he can
please the Lord. This is the absolute nature of the maha-mantra. Either in
danger or in happiness, it can be chanted without limitation.

TEXT 22

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Tales rp
GIR TRNIIIT
TAT poate

tam krsna-padabhinivista-cetasam
baddhdiijalith prasraya-namra-kandharam

sunanda-nandav upasrtya sasmitam
pratyiicatuh puskara-nabha-sammatau
