346 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 8
TRANSLATION
My dear King, your son is very competent. He will perform activities
which would be impossible even for great kings and sages. Very soon he
will complete his task and come back home. You should know that he will
also spread your reputation all over the world.
PURPORT
Here in this verse Narada Muni has described Dhruva Maharaja as prabhu.
This word is applicable to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Some-
times the spiritual master is addressed as Prabhupada. Prabhu means the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, and pada means post. According to
Vaignava philosophy the spiritual master occupies the post of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, or in other words he is the bona fide
representative of the Supreme Lord. Dhruva Maharaja is also described
here as prabhu because he is an acarya of the Vaisnava school. Another
meaning of prabhu is “master of the senses,” just like the word svami.
Another significant word is suduskaram, “‘very difficult to perform.”
What was the task that Dhruva Maharaja undertook? The most difficult
task in life is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Dhruva
Maharaja would be able to do that. We must remember that Dhruva
Maharaja was not fickle;he was determined to execute his service and then
come back. Every devotee, therefore, should be determined that in this
life he will be able to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead and by
that process go back home, back to Godhead. That is the perfection of the
highest mission of life.
TEXT 70
wz vaya
gfa 2afion ste fered aardtah: |
THIS | TATA lie!
maitreya uvaca
iti devarsina proktam
visrutya jagati-patih
raja-laksmim anadrtya
putram evanvacintayat
maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya said; iti— thus; devarsina—by
the great sage Narada Muni; proktam—spoken; visrutya—hearing;
