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Chapter 9: Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home

Verse 60 of 63
SB 4.9.60

महामणिव्रातमये स तस्मिन्भवनोत्तमे लालितो नितरां पित्रा न्यवसद्दिवि देववत्

mahāmaṇi-vrāta-maye sa tasmin bhavanottame lālito nitarāṁ pitrā nyavasad divi devavat

Synonyms

mahāmaṇi—greatly valuable jewels; vrāta—groups of; maye—bedecked with; saḥ—he (Dhruva Mahārāja); tasmin—in that; bhavana-uttame—brilliant house; lālitaḥ—being raised; nitarām—always; pitrā—by the father; nyavasat—lived there; divi—in the higher planetary systems; deva-vat—like the demigods..

Translation

Dhruva Mahārāja thereafter lived in his father's palace, which had walls bedecked with highly valuable jewels. His affectionate father took particular care of him, and he dwelled in that house just as the demigods live in their palaces in the higher planetary systems.

Verse 60 of 63