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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.11.6

तान् हन्यमानानभिवीक्ष्य गुह्यका- ननागसश्चित्ररथेन भूरिश: । औत्तानपादिं कृपया पितामहो मनुर्जगादोपगत: सहर्षिभि: ॥ ६ ॥
tān hanyamānān abhivīkṣya guhyakān
[taan hanyamaanaan abhiveekshya guhyakaan]
anāgasaś citra-rathena bhūriśaḥ
[anaagasash chitra-rathena bhoorishah]
auttānapādiṁ kṛpayā pitāmaho
[auttaanapaadim kripayaa pitaamaho]
manur jagādopagataḥ saharṣibhiḥ
[manur jagaadopagatah saharshibhih]
Word-for-word
tān — those Yakṣas hanyamānān — being killed abhivīkṣya — seeing guhyakān — the Yakṣas anāgasaḥ — offenseless citra-rathena — by Dhruva Mahārāja, who had a beautiful chariot bhūriśaḥ — greatly auttānapādim — unto the son of Uttānapāda kṛpayā — out of mercy pitā-mahaḥ — the grandfather manuḥ — Svāyambhuva Manu jagāda — gave instructions upagataḥ — approached saha-ṛṣibhiḥ — with great sages.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tān hanyamānān abhivīkṣya guhyakān
tān
those Yakṣas
hanyamānān
being killed
abhivīkṣya
seeing
guhyakān
the Yakṣas
anāgasaś citra-rathena bhūriśaḥ
anāgasaḥ
offenseless
citra-rathena
by Dhruva Mahārāja, who had a beautiful chariot
bhūriśaḥ
greatly
auttānapādiṁ kṛpayā pitāmaho
auttānapādim
unto the son of Uttānapāda
kṛpayā
out of mercy
pitā-mahaḥ
the grandfather
manuḥ
Svāyambhuva Manu
manur jagādopagataḥ saharṣibhiḥ
jagāda
gave instructions
upagataḥ
approached
saha-ṛṣibhiḥ
with great sages.
When Svāyambhuva Manu saw that his grandson Dhruva Mahārāja was killing so many of the Yakṣas who were not actually offenders, out of his great compassion he approached Dhruva with great sages to give him good instruction.
Purport

Dhruva Mahārāja attacked Alakāpurī, the city of the Yakṣas, because his brother was killed by one of them. Actually only one of the citizens, not all of them, was guilty of killing his brother, Uttama. Dhruva Mahārāja, of course, took a very serious step when his brother was killed by the Yakṣas. War was declared, and the fighting was going on. This sometimes happens in present days also — for one man’s fault a whole state is sometimes attacked. This kind of wholesale attack is not approved by Manu, the father and lawgiver of the human race. He therefore wanted to stop his grandson Dhruva from continuing to kill the Yakṣa citizens who were not offenders.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Seeing that many innocent Yakṣas were being killed by Dhruva, Svāyambhuva Manu, his grandfather, along with sages, approached Dhruva and spoke out of compassion.
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Personal Guidance
Svāyambhuva Manu, his grandfather, comes with the sages to stop Dhruva from killing innocents. Even a great devotee can overshoot in his anger; the lineage shows up to draw the line.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose voice has acted as my Manu — pulling me back from righteous overreach?
  • Where am I the one who needs to step into someone's escalation and slow it down?
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