Shloka 4
ध्रुवस्य निर्वेदः — मन्त्रोपदेशः (ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय) तथा विष्ण्वाराधनविधिः
राजासनस्थितस्याङ्कं पितुर् भ्रातरम् आश्रितम् दृष्ट्वोत्तमं ध्रुवश् चक्रे तम् आरोढुं मनोरथम्
rājāsanasthitasyāṅkaṃ pitur bhrātaram āśritam dṛṣṭvottamaṃ dhruvaś cakre tam āroḍhuṃ manoratham
ເມື່ອທຣຸວະເຫັນອຸດຕະມະນັ່ງຢູ່ເທິງລາຊະບັນລັງ ແລະອາໄສຢູ່ໃນຕັກຂອງພໍ່ ໃຈຂອງເຂົາກໍເກີດຄວາມມຸ່ງໝັ້ນຮ້ອນແຮງຈະຂຶ້ນສູ່ບ່ອນນັ້ນເອງ.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Dhruva’s ambition and pain were sparked by courtly favoritism, leading him toward tapas and Vishnu-bhakti.
Teaching: Historical
Quality: revealing
Key Kings: Dhruva, Uttama, Uttānapāda
FAQs
In this verse the throne functions as the visible emblem of authority and inheritance; Dhruva’s desire to “ascend it” initiates the moral and devotional struggle that will later be redirected toward the highest, Vishnu-granted sovereignty.
Parāśara presents it as a sudden, focused resolve born from what Dhruva witnesses—Uttama’s privileged placement—setting up the narrative arc where worldly ambition becomes the catalyst for a higher spiritual quest.
The Vishnu Purana’s storyline treats kingship and destiny as ultimately ordered by Vishnu; Dhruva’s initial worldly longing becomes the doorway through which Vishnu’s supreme grace later establishes a transcendent, enduring status beyond ordinary royal power.