लाल्यमानं जनैरेवं ध्रुवं सभ्रातरं नृप: । आरोप्य करिणीं हृष्ट: स्तूयमानोऽविशत्पुरम् ॥ ५३ ॥
lalyamanam janair evam dhruvam sabhrataram nrpah aropya karinim hrstah stuyamano ’visat puram
- lalyamanam
- being thus praised
- janaih
- by the people in general
- evam
- thus
- dhruvam
- Maharaja Dhruva
- sa-bhrataram
- with his brother
- nrpah
- the King
- aropya
- placing
- karinim
- on the back of a she-elephant
- hrstah
- being so pleased
- stuyamanah
- and being so praised
- avisat
- returned
- puram
- to his capital.
The sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, when everyone was thus praising Dhruva Maharaja, the King was very happy, and he had Dhruva and his brother seated on the back of a she-elephant. Thus he returned to his capital, where he was praised by all classes of men.