Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.9.1

maitreya uvāca

ta evam utsanna-bhayā urukrame

kritāvanāmāh prayayus tri-vishtapam

sahasraśīrshāpi tato garutmatā

madhor vanam bhritya-didrikshayā gatah

SYNONYMS

maitreyah uvāca — the great sage Maitreya continued; te — the demigods; evam — thus; utsanna-bhayāh — being freed from all fears; urukrame — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose actions are uncommon; krita-avanāmāh — they offered their obeisances; prayayuh — they returned; tri-vishtapam — to their respective heavenly planets; sahasra-śīrshā api — also the Personality of Godhead known as Sahasraśīrshā; tatah — from there; garutmatā — getting up on the back of Garuda; madhoh vanam — the forest known as Madhuvana; bhritya — servant; didrikshayā — 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 Sahasraśīrshā incarnation, got on the back of Garuda, who carried Him to the Madhuvana Forest to see His servant Dhruva.

PURPORT

The word sahasraśīrshā refers to the Personality of Godhead known as Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu. Although the Lord appeared as Kshīrodakaśāyī Vishnu, He has been described here as Sahasraśīrshā Vishnu because He is nondifferent from Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu. According to Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī in his Bhāgavatāmrita, the Sahasraśīrshā Personality of Godhead who appeared at that time was the incarnation known as Priśnigarbha. He created the planet known as Dhruvaloka for the habitation of Dhruva Mahārāja.

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