य: क्षत्रबन्धुर्भुवि तस्याधिरूढ- मन्वारुरुक्षेदपि वर्षपूगै: । प्रसाद्य वैकुण्ठमवाप तत्पदम् ॥ ४३ ॥ षट्पञ्चवर्षो यदहोभिरल्पै:
yah ksatra-bandhur bhuvi tasyadhirudham anv aruruksed api varsa-pugaih sat-panca-varso yad ahobhir alpaih prasadya vaikuntham avapa tat-padam
- yah
- one who
- ksatra-bandhuh
- the son of a ksatriya
- bhuvi
- on the earth
- tasya
- of Dhruva
- adhirudham
- the exalted position
- anu
- after
- arurukset
- can aspire to attain
- api
- even
- varsa-pugaih
- after many years
- sat-panca-varsah
- five or six years old
- yat
- which
- ahobhih alpaih
- after a few days
- prasadya
- after pleasing
- vaikuntham
- the Lord
- avapa
- attained
- tat-padam
- His abode.
Dhruva Maharaja attained an exalted position at the age of only five or six years, after undergoing austerity for six months. Alas, a great ksatriya cannot achieve such a position even after undergoing austerities for many, many years.