तदोत्तानपद: पुत्रो ददर्शान्तकमागतम् । मृत्योर्मूर्ध्नि पदं दत्त्वा आरुरोहाद्भुतं गृहम् ॥ ३० ॥
tadottanapadah putro dadarsantakam agatam mrtyor murdhni padam dattva arurohadbhutam grham
- tada
- then
- uttanapadah
- of King Uttanapada
- putrah
- son
- dadarsa
- could see
- antakam
- death personified
- agatam
- approached him
- mrtyoh murdhni
- on the head of death
- padam
- feet
- dattva
- placing
- aruroha
- got up
- adbhutam
- wonderful
- grham
- on the airplane which resembled a big house.
When Dhruva Maharaja was attempting to get on the transcendental plane, he saw death personified approach him. Not caring for death, however, he took advantage of the opportunity to put his feet on the head of death, and thus he got up on the airplane, which was as big as a house.