Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.9.60
महामणिव्रातमये स तस्मिन्भवनोत्तमे
लालितो नितरां पित्रा न्यवसद्दिवि देववत् ॥ ६० ॥
mahāmaṇi-vrātamaye
[mahaamani-vraatamaye]
sa tasmin bhavanottame
[sa tasmin bhavanottame]
lālito nitarāṁ pitrā
[laalito nitaraam pitraa]
nyavasad divi devavat
[nyavasad divi devavat]
Word-for-word
mahā-maṇi
—
greatly valuable jewels
vrāta
—
groups of
maye
—
bedecked with
saḥ
—
he (Dhruva Mahārāja)
tasmin
—
in that
bhavana-uttame
—
brilliant house
lālitaḥ
—
being raised
nitarām
—
always
pitrā
—
by the father
nyavasat
—
lived there
divi
—
in the higher planetary systems
deva-vat
—
like the demigods.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
mahāmaṇi-vrātamaye
mahā-maṇi
greatly valuable jewels
vrāta
groups of
maye
bedecked with
sa tasmin bhavanottame
saḥ
he (Dhruva Mahārāja)
tasmin
in that
bhavana-uttame
brilliant house
lālito nitarāṁ pitrā
lālitaḥ
being raised
nitarām
always
pitrā
by the father
nyavasad divi devavat
nyavasat
lived there
divi
in the higher planetary systems
deva-vat
like the demigods.
Dhruva Mahārāja thereafter lived in his father’s palace, which had walls bedecked with highly valuable jewels. His affectionate father took particular care of him, and he dwelled in that house just as the demigods live in their palaces in the higher planetary systems.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Dhruva lived like a devatā in the heavens, pampered constantly by his father in the best of house, covered with valuable jewels.
Personal Guidance
Dhruva dwelt in his father's jewel-walled palace; his affectionate father took particular care of him. The wound is closed when the formerly cold father gives the now-grown son particular attention; love delayed is sometimes love deepened.
Reflection Questions
- Where could I give 'particular care' now to someone I once neglected?
- Whose particular care for me am I still owed an acknowledgement of?
My note
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