विद्ध: सपत्न्युदितपत्रिभिरन्ति राज्ञो बालोऽपि सन्नुपगतस्तपसे वनानि । तस्मा अदाद् ध्रुवगतिं गृणते प्रसन्नो दिव्या: स्तुवन्ति मुनयो यदुपर्यधस्तात् ॥ ८ ॥
viddhah sapatny-udita-patribhir anti rajno balo ’pi sann upagatas tapase vanani tasma adad dhruva-gatim grnate prasanno divyah stuvanti munayo yad upary-adhastat
- viddhah
- pinched by
- sapatni
- a co-wife
- udita
- uttered by
- patribhih
- by sharp words
- anti
- just before
- rajnah
- of the king
- balah
- a boy
- api
- although
- san
- being so
- upagatah
- took to
- tapase
- severe penances
- vanani
- in a great forest
- tasmai
- therefore
- adat
- gave as a reward
- dhruva-gatim
- a path to the Dhruva planet
- grnate
- on being prayed for
- prasannah
- being satisfied
- divyah
- denizens of higher planets
- stuvanti
- do pray
- munayah
- great sages
- yat
- thereupon
- upari
- up
- adhastat
- down
Being insulted by sharp words spoken by the co-wife of the king, even in his presence, Prince Dhruva, though only a boy, took to severe penances in the forest. And the Lord, being satisfied by his prayer, awarded him the Dhruva plane, which is worshiped by great sages, both upward and downward.