मैत्रेय उवाच ध्रुवस्य चोत्कल: पुत्र: पितरि प्रस्थिते वनम् । सार्वभौमश्रियं नैच्छदधिराजासनं पितु: ॥ ६ ॥
maitreya uvaca dhruvasya cotkalah putrah pitari prasthite vanam sarvabhauma-sriyam naicchad adhirajasanam pituh
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya said
- dhruvasya
- of Dhruva Maharaja
- ca
- also
- utkalah
- Utkala
- putrah
- son
- pitari
- after the father
- prasthite
- departed
- vanam
- for the forest
- sarva-bhauma
- including all lands
- sriyam
- opulence
- na aicchat
- did not desire
- adhiraja
- royal
- asanam
- throne
- pituh
- of the father.
The great sage Maitreya replied: My dear Vidura, when Maharaja Dhruva departed for the forest, his son, Utkala, did not desire to accept the opulent throne of his father, which was meant for the ruler of all the lands of this plane.