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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Canto 4 · Chapter 8: Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest
4.8.614.8.63

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.8.62

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 4.8.46inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitMaitreya Ṛṣi → Vidura

इत्युक्तस्तं परिक्रम्य प्रणम्य च नृपार्भक: ।

ययौ मधुवनं पुण्यं हरेश्चरणचर्चितम् ॥ ६२ ॥

ity uktas taṁ parikramya

praṇamya ca nṛpārbhakaḥ

yayau madhuvanaṁ puṇyaṁ

hareś caraṇa-carcitam

Translation

When Dhruva Mahārāja, the son of the King, was thus advised by the great sage Nārada, he circumambulated Nārada, his spiritual master, and offered him respectful obeisances. Then he started for Madhuvana, which is always imprinted with the lotus footprints of Lord Kṛṣṇa and which is therefore especially auspicious.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Honor Spiritual Guidance Through Action

  1. 1

    After receiving Nārada’s advice, Dhruva Mahārāja circumambulated his spiritual master and offered respectful obeisances.

  2. 2

    Dhruva then started for Madhuvana, putting the guidance he had received into action.

  3. 3

    Madhuvana is especially auspicious because it is always imprinted with the lotus footprints of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

How it feels

Rejection → Transformed aspiration. A child's wounded pride is purified by divine encounter.

Chapters 8–12 of Canto 4: Dhruva seeks and encounters the Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 8: Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest

Dhruva leaves home, receives Nārada’s instructions, and worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead with austerity.

Back to this verse in chapter 4.8
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. itithus
  2. uktaḥbeing spoken
  3. tamhim (Nārada Muni)
  4. parikramyaby circumambulating
  5. praṇamyaby offering obeisances
  6. caalso
  7. nṛpa-arbhakaḥthe boy of the King
  8. yayauwent to
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 4.8

    In this verse: “king”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I follow spiritual guidance with action as well as respect?

Practice

Put one instruction you have received for devotional service into practice today.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayHonor Spiritual Guidance Through ActionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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