Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.11.6

tan hanyamanan abhivikshya guhyakan

anagasas citra-rathena bhurisah

auttanapadim kripaya pitamaho

manur jagadopagatah saharshibhih

SYNONYMS

tan -- those Yakshas; hanyamanan -- being killed; abhivikshya -- seeing; guhyakan -- the Yakshas; anagasah -- offenseless; citra-rathena -- by Dhruva Maharaja, who had a beautiful chariot; bhurisah -- greatly; auttanapadim -- unto the son of Uttanapada; kripaya -- out of mercy; pita-mahah -- the grandfather; manuh -- Svayambhuva Manu; jagada -- gave instructions; upagatah -- approached; saha-rishibhih -- with great sages.

TRANSLATION

When Svayambhuva Manu saw that his grandson Dhruva Maharaja was killing so many of the Yakshas who were not actually offenders, out of his great compassion he approached Dhruva with great sages to give him good instruction.

PURPORT

Dhruva Maharaja attacked Alakapuri, the city of the Yakshas, because his brother was killed by one of them. Actually only one of the citizens, not all of them, was guilty of killing his brother, Uttama. Dhruva Maharaja, of course, took a very serious step when his brother was killed by the Yakshas. War was declared, and the fighting was going on. This sometimes happens in present days also -- for one man's fault a whole state is sometimes attacked. This kind of wholesale attack is not approved by Manu, the father and lawgiver of the human race. He therefore wanted to stop his grandson Dhruva from continuing to kill the Yaksha citizens who were not offenders.

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