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Chapter 8: Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest

Verse 73 of 81
SB 4.8.73

द्वितीयं च तथा मासं षष्ठे षष्ठे ऽर्भको दिने तृणपर्णादिभिः शीर्णैः कृतान्नो ऽभ्यर्चयन्विभुम्

dvitīyaṁ ca tathā māsaṁ ṣaṣṭhe ṣaṣṭhe 'rbhako dine tṛṇa-parṇādibhiḥ śīrṇaiḥ kṛtānno 'bhyarcayan vibhum

Synonyms

dvitīyamthe next month; caalso; tathāas mentioned above; māsammonth; ṣaṣṭhe ṣaṣṭheevery sixth day; arbhakaḥthe innocent boy; dineon days; tṛṇa-parṇa-ādibhiḥby grasses and leaves; śīrṇaiḥwhich were dry; kṛta-annaḥmade for his food; abhyarcayanand thus continued his method of worship; vibhumfor the Supreme Personality of Godhead..

Translation

In the second month Dhruva Mahārāja ate only every six days, and for his eatables he took dry grass and leaves. Thus he continued his worship.

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