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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.10.30

మునయ ఊచు: ఔత్తానపాద భగవాంస్తవ శార్ఙ్గధన్వా దేవ: క్షిణోత్వవనతార్తిహరో విపక్షాన్ । యన్నామధేయమభిధాయ నిశమ్య చాద్ధా లోకోఽఞ్జసా తరతి దుస్తరమఙ్గ మృత్యుమ్ ॥ ౩౦ ॥
munaya ūcuḥ
[munaya oochuh]
auttānapāda bhagavāṁs tava śārṅgadhanvā
[auttaanapaada bhagavaams tava shaarngadhanvaa]
devaḥ kṣiṇotv avanatārti-haro vipakṣān
[devah kshinotv avanataarti-haro vipakshaan]
yan-nāmadheyam abhidhāya niśamya cāddhā
[yan-naamadheyam abhidhaaya nishamya chaaddhaa]
loko ’ṣjasā tarati dustaram aṅga mṛtyum
[loko ’shjasaa tarati dustaram anga mrityum]
munayaḥ ūcuḥ — the sages said auttānapāda — O son of King Uttānapāda bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead tava — your śārṅga-dhanvā — one who bears the bow called Śārṅga devaḥ — the Lord kṣiṇotu — may He kill avanata — of the surrendered soul ārti — the distresses haraḥ — who removes vipakṣān — enemies yat — whose nāmadheyam — holy name abhidhāya — uttering niśamya — hearing ca — also addhā — immediately lokaḥ — persons aṣjasā — fully tarati — overcome dustaram — insurmountable aṅga — O Dhruva mṛtyum — death.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
munaya ūcuḥ
munayaḥ ūcuḥ
the sages said
auttānapāda
O son of King Uttānapāda
auttānapāda bhagavāṁs tava śārṅgadhanvā
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
tava
your
śārṅga-dhanvā
one who bears the bow called Śārṅga
devaḥ kṣiṇotv avanatārti-haro vipakṣān
devaḥ
the Lord
kṣiṇotu
may He kill
avanata
of the surrendered soul
ārti
the distresses
haraḥ
who removes
vipakṣān
enemies
yan-nāmadheyam abhidhāya niśamya cāddhā
yat
whose
nāmadheyam
holy name
abhidhāya
uttering
niśamya
hearing
ca
also
addhā
immediately
loko ’ṣjasā tarati dustaram aṅga mṛtyum
lokaḥ
persons
aṣjasā
fully
tarati
overcome
dustaram
insurmountable
aṅga
O Dhruva
mṛtyum
death.
All the sages said: Dear Dhruva, O son of King Uttānapāda, may the Supreme Personality of Godhead known as Śārṅgadhanvā, who relieves the distresses of His devotees, kill all your threatening enemies. The holy name of the Lord is as powerful as the Lord Himself. Therefore, simply by chanting and hearing the holy name of the Lord, many men can be fully protected from fierce death without difficulty. Thus a devotee is saved.

The great ṛṣis approached Dhruva Mahārāja at a time when his mind was very perplexed due to the magical feats exhibited by the Yakṣas. A devotee is always protected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By His inspiration only, the sages came to encourage Dhruva Mahārāja and assure him that there was no danger because he was a soul fully surrendered to the Supreme Lord. By the grace of the Lord, if a devotee, at the time of death, can simply chant His holy name — Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare — simply by chanting this mahā-mantra he immediately surpasses the great ocean of the material sky and enters the spiritual sky. He never has to come back for repetition of birth and death. Simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord, one can surpass the ocean of death, so Dhruva Mahārāja was certainly able to surpass the illusory magical feats of the Yakṣas, which for the time being disturbed his mind.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Dhruva Mahārāja’s Fight with the Yakṣas.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The sages said: O Dhruva! May the Supreme Lord, carrier of the bow, reliever of distress to the surrendered souls, by hearing or chanting whose name people easily cross unsurpassable death, kill your enemies! The sages thought that if one can cross death by hearing about the Lord, then Dhruva could easily overcome the Yakṣas’ magic spell. Thus they made him remember the Nārāyaṇa weapon. Thus ends the commentary on the Tenth Chapter of the Fourth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Eleven Svāyambhuva Manu Instructs Dhruva
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