नारद उवाच नूनं सुनीते: पतिदेवताया- स्तप:प्रभावस्य सुतस्य तां गतिम् । दृष्ट्वाभ्युपायानपि वेदवादिनो नैवाधिगन्तुं प्रभवन्ति किं नृपा: ॥ ४१ ॥
narada uvaca nunam suniteh pati-devatayas tapah-prabhavasya sutasya tam gatim drstvabhyupayan api veda-vadino naivadhigantum prabhavanti kim nrpah
- naradah uvaca
- Narada said
- nunam
- certainly
- suniteh
- of Suniti
- pati-devatayah
- very much attached to her husband
- tapah-prabhavasya
- by the influence of austerity
- sutasya
- of the son
- tam
- that
- gatim
- position
- drstva
- observing
- abhyupayan
- the means
- api
- although
- veda-vadinah
- strict followers of the Vedic principles, or the so-called Vedantists
- na
- never
- eva
- certainly
- adhigantum
- to attain
- prabhavanti
- are eligible
- kim
- what to speak of
- nrpah
- ordinary kings
The great sage Narada said: Simply by the influence of his spiritual advancement and powerful austerity, Dhruva Maharaja, the son of Suniti, who was devoted to her husband, acquired an exalted position not possible to attain even for the so-called Vedantists or strict followers of the Vedic principles, not to speak of ordinary human beings.