ध्रुव उवाच समाधिना नैकभवेन यत्पदं विदु: सनन्दादय ऊर्ध्वरेतस: । मासैरहं षड्भिरमुष्य पादयो- श्छायामुपेत्यापगत: पृथङ्मति: ॥ ३० ॥
dhruva uvaca samadhina naika-bhavena yat padam viduh sanandadaya urdhva-retasah masair aham sadbhir amusya padayos chayam upetyapagatah prthan-matih
- dhruvah uvaca
- Dhruva Maharaja said
- samadhina
- by practicing yoga in trance
- na
- never
- eka-bhavena
- by one birth
- yat
- which
- padam
- position
- viduh
- understood
- sananda-adayah
- the four brahmacaris headed by Sanandana
- urdhva-retasah
- infallible celibates
- masaih
- within months
- aham
- I
- sadbhih
- six
- amusya
- of Him
- padayoh
- of the lotus feet
- chayam
- shelter
- upetya
- achieving
- apagatah
- fell down
- prthak-matih
- my mind fixed on things other than the Lord
Dhruva Maharaja thought to himself: To endeavor to be situated in the shade of the lotus feet of the Lord is not an ordinary task because even the great brahmacaris headed by Sanandana, who practiced astanga-yoga in trance, attained the shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet only after many, many births. Within six months I achieved the same result, yet due to my thinking differently from the Lord, I fell down from my position.