Text 77] Dhruva Maharaja Leaves Home for the Forest 351

TEXT 76

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MAT AT THA TA AAAS: 1981

paricame masy anuprapte
jita-svaso nrpatmajah

dhyayan brahma padaikena
tasthau sthanur ivacalah

paficame—in the fifth; masi—in the month; anuprapte—being situated;
jita-Svdsah—and still controlling the breathing; nrpa-atmajah—the son of
the King; dhyayan—meditating; brahma—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; pada ekena—with one leg; tasthau—stood; sthanuh—just like a
column; tva—like; acalah— without movement.

TRANSLATION

By the fifth month, Maharaja Dhruva, the son of the King, had
controlled his breathing so perfectly that he was able to stand on only one
leg, just as a column stands, without motion, and concentrate his mind
fully on the Param-brahman.

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sarvato mana akrsya
hrdi bhutendriyasayam
dhyayan bhagavato rupam
nadraksit kiiicanaparam
sarvatah—in all respects; manah—mind; akrsya—concentrating; hrdi—in
the heart; bhiita-indri ya-Gsayam-resting place of the senses and the objects
of the senses; dhyayan—meditating; bhagavatah—of the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead; ripam—form; na adraksit—did not see; kificana—any-
thing; aparam—else.

TRANSLATION

He completely controlled his senses and their objects, and in this way he
fixed his mind, without diversion to anything else, upon the form of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
