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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.24

मैत्रेय उवाच एवं सञ्जल्पितं मातुराकर्ण्यार्थागमं वच: । सन्नियम्यात्मनात्मानं निश्चक्राम पितु: पुरात् ॥ २४ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
evaṁ sañjalpitaṁ mātur
[evam sanjalpitam maatur]
ākarṇyārthāgamaṁ vacaḥ
[aakarnyaarthaagamam vachah]
sanniyamyātmanātmānaṁ
[sanniyamyaatmanaatmaanam]
niścakrāma pituḥ purāt
[nishchakraama pituh puraat]
Word-for-word
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya said evam — thus sañjalpitam — spoken together mātuḥ — from the mother ākarṇya — hearing artha-āgamam — purposeful vacaḥ — words sanniyamya — controlling ātmanā — by the mind ātmānam — own self niścakrāma — got out pituḥ — of the father purāt — from the house.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
the great sage Maitreya said
evaṁ sañjalpitaṁ mātur
evam
thus
sañjalpitam
spoken together
mātuḥ
from the mother
ākarṇyārthāgamaṁ vacaḥ
ākarṇya
hearing
artha-āgamam
purposeful
vacaḥ
words
sanniyamyātmanātmānaṁ
sanniyamya
controlling
ātmanā
by the mind
ātmānam
own self
niścakrāma pituḥ purāt
niścakrāma
got out
pituḥ
of the father
purāt
from the house.
The great sage Maitreya continued: The instruction of Dhruva Mahārāja’s mother, Sunīti, was actually meant for fulfilling his desired objective. Therefore, after deliberate consideration and with intelligence and fixed determination, he left his father’s house.
Purport

Both the mother and the son were lamenting Dhruva Mahārāja’s having been insulted by his stepmother and his father’s not having taken any step on this issue. But mere lamentation is useless — one should find out the means to mitigate one’s lamentation. Thus both mother and son decided to take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord because that is the only solution to all material problems. It is indicated in this connection that Dhruva Mahārāja left his father’s capital city to go to a secluded place to search out the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is the instruction of Prahlāda Mahārāja also that if one is seeking peace of mind he should free himself from all contamination of family life and take shelter of the Supreme Godhead by going to the forest. To the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava this forest is the forest of Vṛndā, or Vṛndāvana. If one takes shelter of Vṛndāvana under Vṛndāvaneśvarī, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, certainly all the problems of his life are solved very easily.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: Hearing his mother’s words which would fulfill his desire, controlling his mind by his intelligence, he left the house of his father.
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Personal Guidance
With deliberate consideration, fixed determination, Dhruva leaves his father's house. Insult, once converted into clear resolve, becomes a launchpad; without that conversion it would just be ongoing pain.
Reflection Questions
  • Which past insult have I left in the form of pain rather than converting it to direction?
  • What decisive action would my deepest wound actually require if I trusted it as a calling?
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