स वै तदैव प्रतिपादितां गिरं दैवीं परिज्ञातपरात्मनिर्णय: । तं भक्तिभावोऽभ्यगृणादसत्वरं परिश्रुतोरुश्रवसं ध्रुवक्षिति: ॥ ५ ॥
sa vai tadaiva pratipaditam giram daivim parijnata-paratma-nirnayah tam bhakti-bhavo ’bhyagrnad asatvaram parisrutoru-sravasam dhruva-ksitih
- sah
- Dhruva Maharaja
- vai
- certainly
- tada
- at that time
- eva
- just
- pratipaditam
- having attained
- giram
- speech
- daivim
- transcendental
- parijnata
- understood
- para-atma
- of the Supreme Soul
- nirnayah
- the conclusion
- tam
- to the Lord
- bhakti-bhavah
- situated in devotional service
- abhyagrnat
- offered prayers
- asatvaram
- without any hasty conclusion
- parisruta
- widely known
- uru-sravasam
- whose fame
- dhruva-ksitih
- Dhruva, whose planet would not be annihilated
At that time Dhruva Maharaja became perfectly aware of the Vedic conclusion and understood the Absolute Truth and His relationship with all living entities. In accordance with the line of devotional service to the Supreme Lord, whose fame is widespread, Dhruva, who in the future would receive a plane which would never be annihilated, even during the time of dissolution, offered his deliberate and conclusive prayers.