मैत्रेय उवाच स राजराजेन वराय चोदितो ध्रुवो महाभागवतो महामति: । हरौ स वव्रेऽचलितां स्मृतिं यया तरत्ययत्नेन दुरत्ययं तम: ॥ ८ ॥
maitreya uvaca sa raja-rajena varaya codito dhruvo maha-bhagavato maha-matih harau sa vavre ’calitam smrtim yaya taraty ayatnena duratyayam tamah
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya said
- sah
- he
- raja-rajena
- by the king of kings (Kuvera)
- varaya
- for a benediction
- coditah
- being asked
- dhruvah
- Dhruva Maharaja
- maha-bhagavatah
- a first-class pure devotee
- maha-matih
- most intelligent or thoughtful
- harau
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- sah
- he
- vavre
- asked
- acalitam
- unflinching
- smrtim
- remembrance
- yaya
- by which
- tarati
- crosses over
- ayatnena
- without difficulty
- duratyayam
- unsurpassable
- tamah
- nescience
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, when thus asked to accept a benediction from Kuvera the Yaksaraja (King of the Yaksas), Dhruva Maharaja, that most elevated pure devotee, who was an intelligent and thoughtful king, begged that he might have unflinching faith in and remembrance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for thus a person can cross over the ocean of nescience very easily, although it is very difficult for others to cross.