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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.11.28

य: पञ्चवर्षो जननीं त्वं विहाय मातु: सपत्‍न्या वचसा भिन्नमर्मा । वनं गतस्तपसा प्रत्यगक्ष- माराध्य लेभे मूर्ध्नि पदं त्रिलोक्या: ॥ २८ ॥
yaḥ pañca-varṣo jananīṁ tvaṁ vihāya
[yah pancha-varsho jananeem tvam vihaaya]
mātuḥ sapatnyā vacasā bhinna-marmā
[maatuh sapatnyaa vachasaa bhinna-marmaa]
vanaṁ gatas tapasā pratyag-akṣam
[vanam gatas tapasaa pratyag-aksham]
ārādhya lebhe mūrdhni padaṁ tri-lokyāḥ
[aaraadhya lebhe moordhni padam tri-lokyaah]
Word-for-word
yaḥ — one who pañca-varṣaḥ — five years old jananīm — mother tvam — you vihāya — leaving aside mātuḥ — of the mother sa-patnyāḥ — of the co-wife vacasā — by the words bhinna-marmā — aggrieved at heart vanam — to the forest gataḥ — went tapasā — by austerity pratyak-akṣam — the Supreme Lord ārādhya — worshiping lebhe — achieved mūrdhni — on the top padam — the position tri-lokyāḥ — of the three worlds.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yaḥ pañca-varṣo jananīṁ tvaṁ vihāya
yaḥ
one who
pañca-varṣaḥ
five years old
jananīm
mother
tvam
you
vihāya
leaving aside
mātuḥ sapatnyā vacasā bhinna-marmā
mātuḥ
of the mother
sa-patnyāḥ
of the co-wife
vacasā
by the words
bhinna-marmā
aggrieved at heart
vanaṁ gatas tapasā pratyag-akṣam
vanam
to the forest
gataḥ
went
tapasā
by austerity
pratyak-akṣam
the Supreme Lord
ārādhya lebhe mūrdhni padaṁ tri-lokyāḥ
ārādhya
worshiping
lebhe
achieved
mūrdhni
on the top
padam
the position
tri-lokyāḥ
of the three worlds.
My dear Dhruva, at the age of only five years you were very grievously afflicted by the words of your mother’s co-wife, and you very boldly gave up the protection of your mother and went to the forest to engage in the yogic process for realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As a result of this you have already achieved the topmost position in all the three worlds.
Purport

Manu was very proud that Dhruva Mahārāja was one of the descendants in his family, because at the age of only five years Dhruva began meditating upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead and within six months he was able to see the Supreme Lord face to face. Factually, Dhruva Mahārāja is the glory of the Manu dynasty, or the human family. The human family begins from Manu. The Sanskrit word for man is manuṣya, which means “descendant of Manu.” Not only is Dhruva Mahārāja the glory of the family of Svāyambhuva Manu, but he is the glory of the entire human society. Because Dhruva Mahārāja had already surrendered to the Supreme Godhead, he was especially requested not to do anything unbefitting a surrendered soul.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Giving up your mother when you were five years old, wounded by the words of your step mother, you went to the forest. Worshipping the Lord by austerities, you achieved the topmost position in the three worlds. Surrendering to the Lord, you became the lotus of our dynasty. Prtyag-akṣam means “the Lord who is the object of the yogīs’ eyes.”
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Personal Guidance
At five years old you left maternal protection for forest yoga and reached the top of the three worlds — a real source of pride. The arc of your own past devotional courage is itself a teaching; remember who you were when you forget what to do now.
Reflection Questions
  • What did past-me do that present-me would benefit from recalling?
  • Where am I underselling my own earlier spiritual bravery?
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