Text 33] Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead 525
means the guru or the spiritual master who shows the way. Such a guru
is sometimes called siksa-guru. Although Narada Muni was his diksa-guru
(initiating spiritual master), Suniti, his mother, was the first who gave him
instruction on how to achieve the favor of the Supreme Personality of God-
head. It is the duty of the siksa-guru or diks@-guru to instruct the disciple
in the right way, and it depends on the disciple to execute the process.
According to sastric injunctions, there is no difference between siksa-guru
and diksa-guru, and generally the siksa-guru later on becomes the diksa-
guru. Suniti, however, being a woman, and specifically his mother, could
not become Dhruva Maharaja’s diksa-guru. Still, he was not less obliged to
Suniti. There was no question of carrying Narada Muni to Vaikunthaloka,
but Dhruva Maharaja thought of his mother.

Whatever plan the Supreme Personality of Godhead contemplates im-
mediately fructifies. Similarly, a devotee who is completely dependent on
the Supreme Lord can also fulfill his wishes by the grace of the Lord. The
Lord fulfills His wishes independently, but a devotee fulfills his wishes
simply by being dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There-
fore as soon as Dhruva Maharaja thought of his poor mother, he was
assured by the associates of Visnu that Suniti was also going to Vaikuntha-
loka in another plane. Dhruva Maharaja had thought that he was going
alone to Vaikunthaloka, leaving behind his mother, which was not very
auspicious because people would criticize him for going alone to Vaikun-
thaloka and not carrying with him Suniti, who had given him so much.
But Dhruva also considered that he was not personally the Supreme.
Therefore, if Krsna fulfilled his desires, only then would it be possible.
Krsna could immediately understand his mind, and He told him that his
mother was also going with him. This incident proves that a pure devotee
like Dhruva Maharaja can fulfill all his desires; by the grace of the Lord,
he becomes exactly like the Lord, and thus whenever he thinks of any-
thing, his wish is immediately fulfilled.

TEXT 33
gfe aad qe maTATT gira |
aaaTaeat Ft aaa Teed RRM
iti vyavasitam tasya
vyavasaya surottamau
darsayam asatur devim
puro yanena gacchatim
