Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.10.13
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesPressure Gives Dhruva New Vigor
“Dhruva Mahārāja was completely covered by an incessant shower of weapons, just as a mountain is covered by incessant rainfall.”
What the purport teaches
- Dhruva Mahārāja was completely covered by weapons, like a mountain covered by incessant rain. This did not mean that he had succumbed in battle.
- Rain washes dirty things from the body of a mountain. The comparison shows that the attack did not simply weaken Dhruva Mahārāja.
- The enemy’s shower of arrows gave him new vigor to defeat them. Whatever incompetency he might have had was washed away.
Try this today
Write one sentence explaining why being covered by arrows did not mean Dhruva Mahārāja was defeated.
Ask yourself
How does the mountain comparison change your understanding of Dhruva Mahārāja’s difficulty?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.