Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.17.2

yatra ha vāva vīra-vrata auttānapādih parama-bhāgavato 'smat-kula-devatā-caranāravindodakam iti yām anusavanam utkrishyamāna-bhagavad-bhakti-yogena dridham klidyamānāntar-hridaya autkanthya-vivaśāmīlita-locana-yugala-kudmala-vigalitāmala-bāshpa-kalayābhivyajyamāna-roma-pulaka-kulako 'dhunāpi paramādarena śirasā bibharti

SYNONYMS

yatra ha vāva — in Dhruvaloka; vīra-vratah — firmly determined; auttānapādih — the famous son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda; parama-bhāgavatah — the most exalted devotee; asmat — our; kula-devatā — of the family Deity; carana-aravinda — of the lotus feet; udakam — in the water; iti — thus; yām — which; anusavanam — constantly; utkrishyamāna — being increased; bhagavat-bhakti-yogena — by devotional service unto the Lord; dridham — greatly; klidyamāna-antah-hridayah — being softened within the core of his heart; autkanthya — by great anxiety; vivaśa — spontaneously; amīlita — slightly open; locana — of eyes; yugala — pair; kudmala — from the flowerlike; vigalita — emanating; amala — uncontaminated; bāshpa-kalayā — with tears; abhivyajyamāna — being manifested; roma-pulaka-kulakah — whose symptoms of ecstasy on the body; adhunā api — even now; parama-ādarena — with great reverence; śirasā — by the head; bibharti — he bears.

TRANSLATION

Dhruva Mahārāja, the famous son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, is known as the most exalted devotee of the Supreme Lord because of his firm determination in executing devotional service. Knowing that the sacred Ganges water washes the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu, Dhruva Mahārāja, situated on his own planet, to this very day accepts that water on his head with great devotion. Because he constantly thinks of Krishna very devoutly within the core of his heart, he is overcome with ecstatic anxiety. Tears flow from his half-open eyes, and eruptions appear on his entire body.

PURPORT

When a person is firmly fixed in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is described as vīra-vrata, fully determined. Such a devotee increases his ecstasy in devotional service more and more. Thus as soon as he remembers Lord Vishnu, his eyes fill with tears. This is a symptom of a mahā-bhāgavata. Dhruva Mahārāja maintained himself in that devotional ecstasy, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also gave us a practical example of transcendental ecstasy when He lived at Jagannātha Purī. His pastimes there are fully narrated in Caitanya-caritāmrita.

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