Text 41] Dhruva Maharaja Leaves Home for the Forest 317
Supreme Personality of Godhead, is just suitable for you. You should
therefore completely absorb yourself in the devotional service of the
Lord.

PURPORT

Dhruva Maharaja’s demand was to achieve an abode even greater than
Lord Brahma’s. Within this universe, Lord Brahma is supposed to be in the
most exalted position, for he is the chief of all demigods, but Dhruva
Maharaja wanted a realm beyond his. Therefore his desire was not to be
fulfilled by worshiping any demigod. As described in Bhagavad-gita, the
benedictions offered by the demigods are all temporary. Therefore Narada
Muni asked Dhruva Maharaja to follow the path which was recommended
by his mother—to worship Krsna, Vasudeva. When Krsna offers anything,
it is beyond the expectation of the devotee. Both Suniti and Narada Muni
knew that the demand of Dhruva Maharaja was impossible for any demigod
to fulfill, and therefore both of them recommended following the process
of devotional service to Lord Krsna.

Narada Muni is referred to here as Bhagavan because he can bless any
person just as the Supreme Personality of Godhead can. He was very
pleased with Dhruva Maharaja, and he could have at once personally given
whatever he wanted, but that is not the duty of a spiritual master. His duty
is to engage the disciple in proper devotional service as prescribed in the
Sastras. Krsna was similarly present before Arjuna, and even though He
could have given him all facilities for victory over the opposing party
without a fight, He did not do so; He asked him to fight. In the same way,
Narada Muni asked Dhruva Maharaja to undergo devotional discipline in
order to achieve the desired result.

TEXT 41
TAN TTET TKI PT AAA: |
THAT RAT SRT TATA le
dharmartha-kama-moksakhyarmn
ya icchecchreya atmanah
ekam hy eva hares tatra
karanam pada-sevanam
dharma-artha-kama-moksa—the four principles of religiosity, economic
development, sense gratification and liberation; adkhyam—by the name;
