त्रिरात्रान्ते त्रिरात्रान्ते कपित्थबदराशन: । आत्मवृत्त्यनुसारेण मासं निन्येऽर्चयन्हरिम् ॥ ७२ ॥
tri-ratrante tri-ratrante kapittha-badarasanah atma-vrtty-anusarena masam ninye ’rcayan harim
- tri
- three
- ratra-ante
- at the end of night
- tri
- three
- ratra-ante
- at the end of night
- kapittha-badara
- fruits and berries
- asanah
- eating
- atma-vrtti
- just to preserve the body
- anusarena
- as it was necessary, minimum
- masam
- one month
- ninye
- passed away
- arcayan
- worshiping
- harim
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
For the first month Dhruva Maharaja ate only fruits and berries on every third day, only to keep his body and soul together, and in this way he progressed in his worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.