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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.8.70
maitreya uvāca
putram evānvacintayat
SYNONYMS
maitreyah uvāca — the great sage Maitreya said; iti — thus; devarshinā — by the great sage Nārada; proktam — spoken; viśrutya — hearing; jagatī-patih — the King; rāja-lakshmīm — the opulence of his big kingdom; anādritya — without taking care of; putram — his son; eva — certainly; anvacintayat — began to think of him.
TRANSLATION
The great Maitreya continued: The King, Uttānapāda, after being advised by Nārada Muni, practically gave up all duties in relation with his kingdom, which was very vast and wide, opulent like the goddess of fortune, and he simply began to think of his son Dhruva.
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