524 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 12

tadé dundubhayo nedur
mrdanga-panavadayah

gandharva-mukhyah prajaguh
petuh kusuma-urstayah

tada—at that time; dundubhayah—kettledrums; neduh—resounded;
mrdanga—drums;panava—small drums; a@dayah—etc.; gandharva-mukhyah—
the chief residents of Gandharvaloka; prajaguk—sang; petuh—showered;
kusuma—flowers; urstayah—like rains.

TRANSLATION

At that time drums and kettledrums resounded from the sky, the chief
Gandharvas began to sing, and other demigods showered flowers like
torrents of rain upon Dhruva Maharaja.

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sa ca svarlokam aroksyan
sunitim jananim dhruvah

anvasmarad agam hitva
dinam yasye tri-vistapam

sah—He; ca—also; svar-lokam—to the celestial planet; aroksyan—about to
ascend; sunitim—Suniti; jananim—mother; dhruvah—Dhruva Maharaja;
anvasmarat—immediately remembered; agam—difficult to attain; hitva-
leaving behind; dindm—poor; ydsye—1 shall go; tri-vistapam—to the
Vaikuntha planet.

TRANSLATION

Dhruva was seated in the transcendental airplane, which was just about
to start, when he remembered his poor mother, Suniti. He thought to him-
self, ‘How shall I go alone to the Vaikuntha planet and leave behind my
poor mother?”

PURPORT

Dhruva had a feeling of obligation to his mother, Suniti. It was Suniti
who gave him the clue which had enabled him to now be personally carried
to the Vaikuntha planet by the associates of Lord Visnu. He now remem-
bered her and wanted to take her with him. Actually, Dhruva Maharaja’s
mother, Suniti, was his patha-pradargaka-guru. Patha-pradarsaka-guru
