Text 32] Dhruva Maharaja Leaves Home for the Forest 307

understood; mrgayantah—searching for; api—certainly; tivra-yoga—severe
austerilies; samadhina—by trance.

TRANSLATION

Narada Muni continued: After trying this process for many, many births
and remaining unattached to material contamination, placing themselves
continually in trance and executing many types of austerities, many mystic
yogis could not find the end of the path of God realization.

TEXT 32

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ato nivartatam esa
nirbandhas tava nisphalah

yatisyati bhavan kale
Sreyasam samupasthite

atah—hereafter; nivartatam—just stop yourself; esah—this; nirbandhah—
determination; tava—your; nisphalah—without any result; yatisyati—in the
future you should try; bhavan—yourself; kale—in due course of time;
§reyasam—opportunities; samupasthite—being present.

TRANSLATION

For this reason, my dear boy, you should not endeavor for this; it will
not be successful. It is better that you go home. When you are grown up,
by the mercy of the Lord you will get a chance for these mystic perfor-
mances. At that time you may execute this function.

PURPORT

Generally, a thoroughly trained person takes to spiritual perfection at
the end of his life. According to the Vedic system, therefore, life is divided
into four stages. In the beginning, one becomes a brahmacari, a student
who studies Vedic knowledge under the authoritative guidance of a spiri-
tual master. He then becomes a householder and executes household duties
according to the Vedic process. Then the householder becomes a vana-
prastha, and gradually, when he is mature, he renounces household life
