Text 6] Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Maharaja 551

yah—which; tah—all those; devarsina—by the great sage Narada; tatra—
there; varnitah—narrated; bhagavat-kathah—preachings pertaining to the
activities of the Lord; mahyam—unto me; susriisave—very eager to hear;
brahman—my dear brahmana; kartsnyena—fully; acastum arhasi—kindly
explain.

TRANSLATION

My dear brahmana, how did Narada Muni glorify the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead, and what pastimes were described in that meeting? I am
very eager to hear of them. Kindly explain fully about that glorification of
the Lord.

PURPORT

Srimad-Bhagavatam is the record of bhagavat-katha, topics about the
pastimes of the Lord. What Vidura was anxious to hear from Maitreya we
can also hear five thousand years later, provided we are very eager.

TEXT 6

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WIE arene: TA: Haft afera Ty |
aati assaf fia: 1 &

maitreya uvaca
dhruvasya cotkalah putrah
pitari prasthite vanam
sarvabhauma-sriyam naicchad
adhirajasanam pituh

maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya said; dhruvasya—of Dhruva
Maharaja; ca—also; utkalah—Utkala; putrah—son, pitari—after the father;
prasthite—departed; vanam—for the forest; sarva-bhauma—including all
lands; sriyam—opulence; na aicchat— did not desire; adhiraja—royal; dsanam
—throne; pituh—of the father.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya replied: My dear Vidura, when Maharaja
Dhruva departed for the forest, his son, Utkala, did not desire to accept
the opulent throne of his father, which was meant for the ruler of all the

lands of this planet.
