उत्तमस्त्वकृतोद्वाहो मृगयायां बलीयसा । हत: पुण्यजनेनाद्रौ तन्मातास्य गतिं गता ॥ ३ ॥
uttamas tv akrtodvaho mrgayayam baliyasa hatah punya-janenadrau tan-matasya gatim gata
- uttamah
- Uttama
- tu
- but
- akrta
- without
- udvahah
- marriage
- mrgayayam
- on a hunting excursion
- baliyasa
- very powerful
- hatah
- was killed
- punya-janena
- by a Yaksa
- adrau
- on the Himalaya Mountains
- tat
- his
- mata
- mother (Suruci)
- asya
- of her son
- gatim
- way
- gata
- followed.
Dhruva Maharaja’s younger brother Uttama, who was still unmarried, once went on a hunting excursion and was killed by a powerful Yaksa in the Himalaya Mountains. Along with him, his mother, Suruci, also followed the path of her son (she died).