Text 26] Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead 517

sudurjayam—very difficult to achieve; visnu-padam—planet known as
Vaikunthaloka or Visnuloka; jitam—conquered;tvaya—by you; yat—which;
siirayah—great demigods; aprapya—without achieving; vicaksate—simply
see; param—supreme; atistha—please come; tat—that; candra—the moon;
divakara—sun; addayah—and others; graha—the nine planets (Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto); rksa-
tarah—stars; pariyanti—circumambulate; daksinam—to the right.

TRANSLATION

To achieve Vignuloka is very difficult, but by your austerity you have
conquered, Even the great rsis and demigods cannot achieve this position.
Simply to see the supreme abode [the Vignu planet], the sun and moon
and all the other planets, stars, lunar mansions, and solar systems are cir-
cumambulating it. Now please come; you are welcome to go there.

PURPORT

Even in this material world the so-called scientists, philosophers and
mental speculators strive to merge into the spiritual sky, but they can
never go there. But a devotee, by executing devotional service, not only
realizes what the spiritual world actually is, but he factually goes there to
live an eternal life of bliss and knowledge. The Krsna consciousness move-
ment is so potent that by adopting these principles of life and developing
love of God one can very easily go back home, back to Godhead. Here the
practical example is the case of Dhruva Maharaja. While the scientist and
philosopher go to the moon but are disappointed in their attempts to stay
there and live, the devotee makes an easy journey to other planets and
ultimately goes back to Godhead. Devotees have no interest in seeing
other planets, but while going back to Godhead, they see all of them as
passing phases, just as one who is going to a distant place passes through
many small stations.

TEXT 26
water a frafatrerm aféfaq |
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aifag ara aed afro: wed Taq NR
andsthitarm te pitrbhir
anyair apy anga karhicit
atistha jagatam vandyam
tad visnoh paramam padam
