Shloka 39
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
क्व भूतलं क्व च ध्रौव्यं स्थानं यत् प्राप्तवान् ध्रुवः ।
उत्तानपादनृपतेः पुत्रः सन् भूमिगोचरः ॥
kva bhūtalaṃ kva ca dhrauvyaṃ sthānaṃ yat prāptavān dhruvaḥ | uttānapāda-nṛpateḥ putraḥ san bhūmi-gocaraḥ ||
पृथ्वी आणि ध्रुवाने प्राप्त केलेले ध्रुवपद—यांत किती मोठा विरोध आहे! तो राजा उत्तानपादाचा पुत्र असूनही पृथ्वीवर चालणारा होता।
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FAQs
Dhruva’s story is invoked to show that a ‘mere earth-dweller’ can reach an exalted, enduring station through determined practice—encouraging perseverance and faith in disciplined effort.
Touches vaṃśānucarita/itihāsa-like exempla (Dhruva, a well-known royal lineage figure), used here as moral illustration rather than genealogical catalog.
Dhruva’s ‘fixed’ station symbolizes steadiness of consciousness attained through unwavering resolve; the cosmic ‘pole’ mirrors inner immovability.