Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.9.1

maitreya uvaca

ta evam utsanna-bhaya urukrame

kritavanamah prayayus tri-vishtapam

sahasrasirshapi tato garutmata

madhor vanam bhritya-didrikshaya gatah

SYNONYMS

maitreyah uvaca -- the great sage Maitreya continued; te -- the demigods; evam -- thus; utsanna-bhayah -- being freed from all fears; urukrame -- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose actions are uncommon; krita-avanamah -- they offered their obeisances; prayayuh -- they returned; tri-vishtapam -- to their respective heavenly planets; sahasra-sirsha api -- also the Personality of Godhead known as Sahasrasirsha; tatah -- from there; garutmata -- getting up on the back of Garuda; madhoh vanam -- the forest known as Madhuvana; bhritya -- servant; didrikshaya -- wishing to see him; gatah -- went.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya told Vidura: When the demigods were thus reassured by the Personality of Godhead, they were freed from all fears, and after offering their obeisances, they returned to their heavenly planets. Then the Lord, who is nondifferent from the Sahasrasirsha incarnation, got on the back of Garuda, who carried Him to the Madhuvana Forest to see His servant Dhruva.

PURPORT

The word sahasrasirsha refers to the Personality of Godhead known as Garbhodakasayi Vishnu. Although the Lord appeared as Kshirodakasayi Vishnu, He has been described here as Sahasrasirsha Vishnu because He is nondifferent from Garbhodakasayi Vishnu. According to Srila Sanatana Gosvami in his Bhagavatamrita, the Sahasrasirsha Personality of Godhead who appeared at that time was the incarnation known as Prisnigarbha. He created the planet known as Dhruvaloka for the habitation of Dhruva Maharaja.

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