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maitreya uvaca

nisamya gadatam evam

rishinam dhanushi dhruvah

sandadhe 'stram upasprisya

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.

PURPORT

Dhruva Maharaja was given a specific arrow made by Lord Narayana Himself, and

he now fixed it upon his bow to finish the illusory atmosphere created by the

Yakshas. As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita (7.14), mam eva ye prapadyante

mayam etam taranti te. Without Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

no one is able to overcome the action of the illusory energy. Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu has also given us a nice weapon for this age, as stated in the

Bhagavatam: sangopangastra -- in this age, the narayanastra, or weapon to drive

away

maya, is the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra in pursuance of the associates

 

of Lord Caitanya, such as Advaita Prabhu, Nityananda, Gadadhara and Srivasa.

 

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam

SB 4.11.1: 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.

SB 4.11.2: As soon as Dhruva Maharaja joined the narayanastra arrow to his

bow, the illusion created by the Yakshas was immediately vanquished, just as

all

material pains and pleasures are vanquished when one becomes fully cognizant

of the self.

SB 4.11.3: Even as Dhruva Maharaja fixed the weapon made by Narayana Rishi

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.

SB 4.11.4: Those sharp arrows dismayed the enemy soldiers, who became almost

unconscious, but various Yakshas 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

Yaksha

soldiers prepared to overcome Dhruva Maharaja with their upraised weapons.

SB 4.11.5: When Dhruva Maharaja saw the Yakshas 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 Yakshas 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.

SB 4.11.6: When Svayambhuva Manu saw that his grandson Dhruva Maharaja was

killing so many of the Yakshas who were not actually offenders, out of his

great

compassion he approached Dhruva with great sages to give him good instruction.

SB 4.11.7: 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 Yakshas who are actually not offenders.

SB 4.11.8: My dear son, the killing of the sinless Yakshas 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.

SB 4.11.9: 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

Yakshas, but just consider -- for one Yaksha's offense, you have killed many

others, who are innocent.

SB 4.11.10: 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.

SB 4.11.11: 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.

SB 4.11.12: 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?

SB 4.11.13: The Lord is very satisfied with His devotee when the devotee

greets other people with tolerance, mercy, friendship and equality.

SB 4.11.14: 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.

SB 4.11.15: 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.

SB 4.11.16: 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.

SB 4.11.17: 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.

SB 4.11.18: 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.

SB 4.11.19: 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.

SB 4.11.20: 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.

SB 4.11.21: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu, 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.

SB 4.11.22: 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.

SB 4.11.23: 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.

SB 4.11.24: My dear son, those Yakshas, 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.

SB 4.11.25: 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.

SB 4.11.26: 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.

SB 4.11.27: 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.

SB 4.11.28: 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.

SB 4.11.29: 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.

SB 4.11.30: 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."

SB 4.11.31: 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.

SB 4.11.32: A person who desires liberation from this material world should

not fall under the control of anger because when