मैत्रेय उवाच एवं सञ्जल्पितं मातुराकर्ण्यार्थागमं वच: । सन्नियम्यात्मनात्मानं निश्चक्राम पितु: पुरात् ॥ २४ ॥
maitreya uvaca evam sanjalpitam matur akarnyarthagamam vacah sanniyamyatmanatmanam niscakrama pituh purat
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya said
- evam
- thus
- sanjalpitam
- spoken together
- matuh
- from the mother
- akarnya
- hearing
- artha-agamam
- purposeful
- vacah
- words
- sanniyamya
- controlling
- atmana
- by the mind
- atmanam
- own self
- niscakrama
- got out
- pituh
- of the father
- purat
- from the house.
The great sage Maitreya continued: The instruction of Dhruva Maharaja’s mother, Suniti, was actually meant for fulfilling his desired objective. Therefore, after deliberate consideration and with intelligence and fixed determination, he left his father’s house.