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maitreya uvaca
nisamya gadatam evam
rsinam dhanusi dhruvah
sandadhe ‘stram upasprsya
yan narayana-nirmitam
Sri Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, when Dhruva Maharaja heard the
encouraging words of the great sages, he performed the acamana by
touching water and then took up his arrow made by Lord Narayana and fixed
it upon his bow.
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sandhiyamana etasmin
maya guhyaka-nirmitah
ksipram vinesur vidura
klesa jnanodaye yatha
As soon as Dhruva Maharaja joined the narayanastra arrow to his bow,
the illusion created by the Yaksas was immediately vanquished, just as
all material pains and pleasures are vanquished when one becomes fully
cognizant of the self.
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tasyarsastram dhanusi prayunjatah
suvarna-punkhah kalahamsa-vasasah
vinihsrta avivisur dvisad-balam
yatha vanam bhima-ravah sikhandinah
Even as Dhruva Maharaja fixed the weapon made by Narayana Rsi onto his
bow, arrows with golden shafts and feathers like the wings of a swan flew
out from it. They entered the enemy soldiers with a great hissing sound,
just as peacocks enter a forest with tumultuous crowing.
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tais tigma-dharaih pradhane sili-mukhair
itas tatah punya-jana upadrutah
tam abhyadhavan kupita udayudhah
suparnam unnaddha-phana ivahayah
Those sharp arrows dismayed the enemy soldiers, who became almost
unconscious, but various Yaksas on the battlefield, in a rage against
Dhruva Maharaja, somehow or other collected their weapons and attacked.
Just as serpents agitated by Garuda rush towards Garuda with upraised
hoods, all the Yaksa soldiers prepared to overcome Dhruva Maharaja with
their upraised weapons.
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sa tan prsatkair abhidhavato mrdhe
nikrtta-bahuru-sirodharodaran
ninaya lokam param arka-mandalam
vrajanti nirbhidya yam urdhva-retasah
When Dhruva Maharaja saw the Yaksas coming forward, he immediately
took his arrows and cut the enemies to pieces. Separating their arms,
legs, heads and bellies from their bodies, he delivered the Yaksas to the
planetary system which is situated above the sun globe and which is
attainable only by first-class brahmacaris, who have never discharged
their semen.
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tan hanyamanan abhiviksya guhyakan
anagasas citra-rathena bhurisah
auttanapadim krpaya pitamaho
manur jagadopagatah saharsibhih
When Svayambhuva Manu saw that his grandson Dhruva Maharaja was
killing so many of the Yaksas who were not actually offenders, out of his
great compassion he approached Dhruva with great sages to give him good
instruction.
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manur uvaca
alam vatsatirosena
tamo-dvarena papmana
yena punya-janan etan
avadhis tvam anagasah
Lord Manu said: My dear son, please stop. It is not good to become
unnecessarily angry–it is the path to hellish life. Now you are going
beyond the limit by killing Yaksas who are actually not offenders.
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nasmat-kulocitam tata
karmaitat sad-vigarhitam
vadho yad upadevanam
arabdhas te ‘krtainasam
My dear son, the killing of the sinless Yaksas which you have
undertaken is not at all approved by authorities, and it does not befit
our family, which is supposed to know the laws of religion and
irreligion.
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nanv ekasyaparadhena
prasangad bahavo hatah
bhratur vadhabhitaptena
tvayanga bhratr-vatsala
My dear son, it has been proved that you are very much affectionate
towards your brother and are greatly aggrieved at his being killed by the
Yaksas, but just consider–for one Yaksa’s offense, you have killed many
others, who are innocent.
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nayam margo hi sadhunam
hrsikesanuvartinam
yad atmanam parag grhya
pasuvad bhuta-vaisasam
One should not accept the body as the self and thus, like the animals,
kill the bodies of others. This is especially forbidden by saintly
persons, who follow the path of devotional service to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
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sarva-bhutatma-bhavena
bhutavasam harim bhavan
aradhyapa duraradhyam
visnos tat paramam padam
It is very difficult to achieve the spiritual abode of Hari, in the
Vaikuntha planets, but you are so fortunate that you are already destined
to go to that abode by worshiping Him as the supreme abode of all living
entities.
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sa tvam harer anudhyatas
tat-pumsam api sammatah
katham tv avadyam krtavan
anusiksan satam vratam
Because you are a pure devotee of the Lord, the Lord is always
thinking of you, and you are also recognized by all His confidential
devotees. Your life is meant for exemplary behavior. I am therefore
surprised–why have you undertaken such an abominable task?
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titiksaya karunaya
maitrya cakhila-jantusu
samatvena ca sarvatma
bhagavan samprasidati
The Lord is very satisfied with His devotee when the devotee greets
other people with tolerance, mercy, friendship and equality.
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samprasanne bhagavati
purusah prakrtair gunaih
vimukto jiva-nirmukto
brahma nirvanam rcchati
One who actually satisfies the Supreme Personality of Godhead during
one’s lifetime becomes liberated from the gross and subtle material
conditions. Thus being freed from all material modes of nature, he
achieves unlimited spiritual bliss.
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bhutaih pancabhir arabdhair
yosit purusa eva hi
tayor vyavayat sambhutir
yosit-purusayor iha
The creation of the material world begins with the five elements, and
thus everything, including the body of a man or a woman, is created of
these elements. By the sexual life of man and woman, the number of men
and women in this material world is further increased.
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evam pravartate sargah
sthitih samyama eva ca
guna-vyatikarad rajan
mayaya paramatmanah
Manu continued: My dear King Dhruva, it is simply by the illusory,
material energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and by the
interaction of the three modes of material nature that creation,
maintenance and annihilation take place.
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nimitta-matram tatrasin
nirgunah purusarsabhah
vyaktavyaktam idam visvam
yatra bhramati lohavat
My dear Dhruva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is uncontaminated
by the material modes of nature. He is the remote cause of the creation
of this material cosmic manifestation. When He gives the impetus, many
other causes and effects are produced, and thus the whole universe moves,
just as iron moves by the integrated force of a magnet.
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sa khalv idam bhagavan kala-saktya
guna-pravahena vibhakta-viryah
karoty akartaiva nihanty ahanta
cesta vibhumnah khalu durvibhavya
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, by His inconceivable supreme
energy, time, causes the interaction of the three modes of material
nature, and thus varieties of energy become manifest. It appears that He
is acting, but He is not the actor. He is killing, but He is not the
killer. Thus it is understood that only by His inconceivable power is
everything happening.
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so ‘nanto ‘nta-karah kalo
‘nadir adi-krd avyayah
janam janena janayan
marayan mrtyunantakam
My dear Dhruva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is ever existing,
but in the form of time, He is the killer of everything. He has no
beginning, although He is the beginning of everything, nor is He ever
exhaustible, although everything is exhausted in due course of time. The
living entities are created through the agency of the father and killed
through the agency of death, but He is perpetually free of birth and
death.
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na vai sva-pakso ‘sya vipaksa eva va
parasya mrtyor visatah samam prajah
tam dhavamanam anudhavanty anisa
yatha rajamsy anilam bhuta-sanghah
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His feature of eternal time, is
present in the material world and is neutral towards everyone. No one is
His ally, and no one is His enemy. Within the jurisdiction of the time
element, everyone enjoys or suffers the result of his own karma, or
fruitive activities. As, when the wind blows, small particles of dust fly
in the air, so, according to one’s particular karma, one suffers or
enjoys material life.
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ayuso ‘pacayam jantos
tathaivopacayam vibhuh
ubhabhyam rahitah sva-stho
duhsthasya vidadhaty asau
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, is all-powerful, and He
awards the results of one’s fruitive activities. Thus, although one
living entity’s duration of life is very small whereas that of another is
very great, He is always in His transcendental position, and there is no
question of lessening or increasing His duration of life.
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kecit karma vadanty enam
svabhavam apare nrpa
eke kalam pare daivam
pumsah kamam utapare
The differentiation among varieties of life and their suffering and
enjoyment is explained by some to be the result of karma. Others say it
is due to nature, others due to time, others due to fate, and still
others say that it is due to desire.
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avyaktasyaprameyasya
nana-sakty-udayasya ca
na vai cikirsitam tata
ko vedatha sva-sambhavam
The Absolute Truth, Transcendence, is never subject to the
understanding of imperfect sensory endeavor, nor is He subject to direct
experience. He is the master of varieties of energies, like the full
material energy, and no one can understand His plans or actions;
therefore it should be concluded that although He is the original cause
of all causes, no one can know Him by mental speculation.
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na caite putraka bhratur
hantaro dhanadanugah
visargadanayos tata
pumso daivam hi karanam
My dear son, those Yaksas, who are descendants of Kuvera, are not
actually the killers of your brother; the birth and death of every living
entity are caused by the Supreme, who is certainly the cause of all
causes.
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sa eva visvam srjati
sa evavati hanti ca
athapi hy anahankaran
najyate guna-karmabhih
The Supreme Personality of Godhead creates this material world,
maintains it, and annihilates it in due course of time, but because He is
transcendental to such activities, He is never affected by ego in such
action or by the modes of material nature.
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esa bhutani bhutatma
bhuteso bhuta-bhavanah
sva-saktya mayaya yuktah
srjaty atti ca pati ca
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Supersoul of all living
entities. He is the controller and maintainer of everyone; through the
agency of His external energy, He creates, maintains and annihilates
everyone.
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tam eva mrtyum amrtam tata daivam
sarvatmanopehi jagat-parayanam
yasmai balim visva-srjo haranti
gavo yatha vai nasi dama-yantritah
My dear boy Dhruva, please surrender unto the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, who is the ultimate goal of the progress of the world. Everyone,
including the demigods headed by Lord Brahma, is working under His
control, just as a bull, prompted by a rope in its nose, is controlled by
its owner.
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yah panca-varso jananim tvam vihaya
matuh sapatnya vacasa bhinna-marma
vanam gatas tapasa pratyag-aksam
aradhya lebhe murdhni padam tri-lokyah
My dear Dhruva, at the age of only five years you were very grievously
afflicted by the words of your mother’s co-wife, and you very boldly gave
up the protection of your mother and went to the forest to engage in the
yogic process for realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As a
result of this you have already achieved the topmost position in all the
three worlds.
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tam enam angatmani mukta-vigrahe
vyapasritam nirgunam ekam aksaram
atmanam anviccha vimuktam atma-drg
yasminn idam bhedam asat pratiyate
My dear Dhruva, please, therefore, turn your attention to the Supreme
Person, who is the infallible Brahman. Face the Supreme Personality of
Godhead in your original position, and thus, by self-realization, you
will find this material differentiation to be merely flickering.
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tvam pratyag-atmani tada bhagavaty ananta
ananda-matra upapanna-samasta-saktau
bhaktim vidhaya paramam sanakair avidyagranthim
vibhetsyasi mamaham iti prarudham
Thus regaining your natural position and rendering service unto the
Supreme Lord, who is the all-powerful reservoir of all pleasure and who
lives in all living entities as the Supersoul, you will very soon forget
the illusory understanding of “I” and “my.”
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samyaccha rosam bhadram te
pratipam sreyasam param
srutena bhuyasa rajann
agadena yathamayam
My dear King, just consider what I have said to you, which will act as
medicinal treatment upon disease. Control your anger, for anger is the
foremost enemy on the path of spiritual realization. I wish all good
fortune for you. Please follow my instructions.
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yenopasrstat purusal
loka udvijate bhrsam
na budhas tad-vasam gacched
icchann abhayam atmanah
A person who desires liberation from this material world should not
fall under the control of anger because when bewildered by anger one
becomes a source of dread for all others.
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helanam girisa-bhratur
dhanadasya tvaya krtam
yaj jaghnivan punya-janan
bhratr-ghnan ity amarsitah
My dear Dhruva, you thought that the Yaksas killed your brother, and
therefore you have killed great numbers of them. But by this action you
have agitated the mind of Lord Siva’s brother Kuvera, who is the
treasurer of the demigods. Please note that your actions have been very
disrespectful to Kuvera and Lord Siva.
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tam prasadaya vatsasu
sannatya prasrayoktibhih
na yavan mahatam tejah
kulam no ‘bhibhavisyati
For this reason, my son, you should immediately pacify Kuvera with
gentle words and prayers, and thus his wrath may not affect our family.
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evam svayambhuvah pautram
anusasya manur dhruvam
tenabhivanditah sakam
rsibhih sva-puram yayau
Thus Svayambhuva Manu, after giving instruction to Dhruva Maharaja,
his grandson, received respectful obeisances from him. Then Lord Manu and
the great sages went back to their respective homes.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Eleventh
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “Svayambhuva Manu Advises
Dhruva Maharaja to Stop Fighting.”
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