Text 40] Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead 533

PURPORT

Each and every planet within the universe travels at a very high speed.
From a statement in Srimad-Bhagavatam it is understood that even the sun
travels 16,000 miles in a second, and from Brahma-samhita we understand
from the sloka, yac-caksur esa savita sakala-grahagam, that the sun is con-
sidered to be the eye of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, and
it also has a specific orbit within which it circles. Similarly, all other planets
have their specific orbits. But together all of them encircle the Pole Star, or
Dhruvaloka, where Dhruva Maharaja is situated at the summit of the three
worlds. We can only imagine how highly exalted the actual position of a
devotee is, and certainly we cannot even conceive how exalted is the posi-
tion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TEXT 40

afar aterra anal anarafa: |
Aral ATA MBL TASTTT ATA ol!

mahimanam vilokyasya
ndrado bhagavan rsih

atodyam vitudan slokan
satre ‘gayat pracetasam

mahimanam-—glories; vilokya—observing; asya—of Dhruva Maharaja;
naradah—the great sage Narada;bhagavan—equally exalted like the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; rsih— the saint ;atodyam— the string instrument,
vind; vitudan—playing on; slokdn—verses; satre—in the sacrificial arena;
agayat—chanted; pracetasam—of the Pracetas.

TRANSLATION

After observing the glories of Dhruva Maharaja, the great sage Narada,
playing his vina, went to the sacrificial arena of the Pracetas and very
happily chanted the following three verses.

PURPORT

The great sage Narada was the spiritual master of Dhruva Maharaja. Cer-
tainly he was very glad to see his glories. As a father is very happy to see the
