Shloka 14
Dhruva’s Darśana, Transformative Prayers, and the Boon of the Dhruva-loka
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कल्पान्त एतदखिलं जठरेण गृह्णन् शेते पुमान्स्वदृगनन्तसखस्तदङ्के । यन्नाभिसिन्धुरुहकाञ्चनलोकपद्म- गर्भे द्युमान्भगवते प्रणतोऽस्मि तस्मै ॥ १४ ॥
kalpānta etad akhilaṁ jaṭhareṇa gṛhṇan śete pumān sva-dṛg ananta-sakhas tad-aṅke yan-nābhi-sindhu-ruha-kāñcana-loka-padma- garbhe dyumān bhagavate praṇato ’smi tasmai
Mi Señor, al final de cada kalpa, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu disuelve todo lo manifestado en el universo dentro de Su vientre y reposa en el regazo de Ananta Śeṣa. De Su ombligo brota un loto dorado, y en ese loto nace Brahmā. Comprendo que Tú eres ese mismo Supremo Dios; por ello te ofrezco mis reverentes reverencias.
Dhruva Mahārāja’s understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is complete. In the Vedas it is said, yasmin vijñāte sarvam evaṁ vijñātaṁ bhavati: knowledge received through the transcendental, causeless mercy of the Lord is so perfect that by that knowledge the devotee becomes acquainted with all the different manifestations of the Lord. Lord Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu was present before Dhruva Mahārāja, who could also understand the Lord’s two other forms, namely Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kāraṇodakaśāyī (Mahā) Viṣṇu. Regarding Mahā-Viṣṇu, it is stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.48) :
FAQs
This verse says that at the end of the age the Lord withdraws the entire universe into His belly and rests with Ananta, while creation later manifests again from the lotus arising from His navel.
Dhruva is glorifying Vishnu’s supreme control over dissolution and creation—Ananta as His eternal associate and the navel-lotus as the source of manifested worlds—showing that the Lord alone is the ultimate shelter.
Remembering the Lord as the controller of time and creation reduces fear and ego, and encourages daily humility—offering one’s work and life in reverence to Bhagavan.