Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 12: Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.12.1

maitreya uvāca

dhruvaḿ nivṛttaḿ pratibuddhya vaiśasād

apeta-manyuḿ bhagavān dhaneśvaraḥ

tatrāgataś cāraṇa-yakṣa-kinnaraiḥ

saḿstūyamāno nyavadat kṛtāñjalim

SYNONYMS

maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; dhruvamDhruva Mahārāja; nivṛttam — ceased; pratibuddhya — having learned; vaiśasāt — from killing; apeta — subsided; manyum — anger; bhagavānKuvera; dhana-īśvaraḥ — master of the treasury; tatra — there; āgataḥ — appeared; cāraṇa — by the Cāraṇas; yakṣa — Yakṣas; kinnaraiḥ — and by the Kinnaras; saḿstūyamānaḥ — being worshiped; nyavadat — spoke; kṛta-añjalimto Dhruva with folded hands.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, Dhruva Mahārāja's anger subsided, and he completely ceased killing Yakṣas. When Kuvera, the most blessed master of the treasury, learned this news, he appeared before Dhruva. While being worshiped by Yakṣas, Kinnaras and Cāraṇas, he spoke to Dhruva Mahārāja, who stood before him with folded hands.

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