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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.12.52

ఇదం మయా తేఽభిహితం కురూద్వహధ్రువస్య విఖ్యాతవిశుద్ధకర్మణ: హిత్వార్భక: క్రీడనకాని మాతు-ర్గృహం చ విష్ణుం శరణం యో జగామ ॥ ౫౨ ॥
idaṁ mayā te ’bhihitaṁ kurūdvaha
[idam mayaa te ’bhihitam kuroodvaha]
dhruvasya vikhyāta-viśuddha-karmaṇaḥ
[dhruvasya vikhyaata-vishuddha-karmanah]
hitvārbhakaḥ krīḍanakāni mātur
[hitvaarbhakah kreedanakaani maatur]
gṛhaṁ ca viṣṇuṁ śaraṇaṁ yo jagāma
[griham cha vishnum sharanam yo jagaama]
idam — this mayā — by me te — unto you abhihitam — described kuru-udvaha — O great one among the Kurus dhruvasya — of Dhruva vikhyāta — very famous viśuddha — very pure karmaṇaḥ — whose activities hitvā — giving up arbhakaḥ — child krīḍanakāni — toys and playthings mātuḥ — of his mother gṛham — home ca — also viṣṇum — to Lord Viṣṇu śaraṇam — shelter yaḥ — one who jagāma — went.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
idaṁ mayā te ’bhihitaṁ kurūdvaha
idam
this
mayā
by me
te
unto you
abhihitam
described
kuru-udvaha
O great one among the Kurus
dhruvasya vikhyāta-viśuddha-karmaṇaḥ
dhruvasya
of Dhruva
vikhyāta
very famous
viśuddha
very pure
karmaṇaḥ
whose activities
hitvārbhakaḥ krīḍanakāni mātur
hitvā
giving up
arbhakaḥ
child
krīḍanakāni
toys and playthings
mātuḥ
of his mother
gṛhaṁ ca viṣṇuṁ śaraṇaṁ yo jagāma
gṛham
home
ca
also
viṣṇum
to Lord Viṣṇu
śaraṇam
shelter
yaḥ
one who
jagāma
went.
The transcendental activities of Dhruva Mahārāja are well known all over the world, and they are very pure. In childhood Dhruva Mahārāja rejected all kinds of toys and playthings, left the protection of his mother and seriously took shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. My dear Vidura, I therefore conclude this narration, for I have described to you all its details.

It is said by Cāṇakya Paṇḍita that life is certainly short for everyone, but if one acts properly, his reputation will remain for a generation. As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is everlastingly famous, so the reputation of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s devotee is also everlasting. Therefore in describing Dhruva Mahārāja’s activities two specific words have been used: vikhyāta, “very famous,” and viśuddha, “transcendental.” Dhruva Mahārāja’s leaving home at a tender age and taking shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the forest is a unique example in this world.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Twelfth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O best of the Kurus! I have told you the story of pure, famous activities of Dhruva, who as a child, giving up play things and the house of his mother, took shelter of Viṣṇu. Thus ends the commentary on the Twelfth Chapter of the Fourth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Thirteen The Birth of King Vena
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