> > Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 4
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> > Canto 4 Part 1

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> > Chapter Ten: Dhruva Maharaja's Fight With the Yaksas

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> > TEXT 1

> > maitreya uvaca

> > prajapater duhitaram

> > sisumarasya vai dhruvah

> > upayeme bhramim nama

> > tat-sutau kalpa-vatsarau

> > maitreyah uvaca--the great sage Maitreya continued; prajapateh--of the Prajapati; duhitaram--daughter; sisumarasya--of Sisumara; vai--certainly; dhruvah--Dhruva Maharaja; upayeme--married; bhramim--Bhrami; nama--named; tat-sutau--her sons; kalpa--Kalpa; vatsarau--Vatsara.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The great sage Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, thereafter Dhruva Maharaja married the daughter of Prajapati Sisumara, whose name was Bhrami, and two sons named Kalpa and Vatsara were born of her.

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> > TEXT 2

> > ilayam api bharyayam

> > vayoh putryam maha-balah

> > putram utkala-namanam

> > yosid-ratnam ajijanat

> > ilayam--unto his wife named lla; api--also; bharyayam--unto his wife; vayoh--of the demigod Vayu (controller of air); putryam--unto the daughter; maha-balah--the greatly powerful Dhruva Maharaja; putram--son; utkala--Utkala; namanam--of the name; yosit--female; ratnam--jewel; ajijanat--he begot.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The greatly powerful Dhruva Maharaja had another wife, named Ila, who was the daughter of the demigod Vayu. By her he begot a son named Utkala and a very beautiful daughter.

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> > TEXT 3

> > uttamas tv akrtodvaho

> > mrgayayam baliyasa

> > hatah punya janenadrau

> > tan-matasya gatim gata

> > uttamah--Uttama; tu--but; akrta--without; udvahah--marriage; mrgayayam--on a hunting excursion; baliyasa--very powerful; hatah--was killed; punya janena--by a Yaksa; adrau--on the Himalaya Mountains; tat--his; mata--mother (Suruci); asya--of her son; gatim--way; gata--followed.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Dhruva Maharaja's younger brother Uttama, who was still unmarried, once went on a hunting excursion and was killed by a powerful Yaksa in the Himalaya Mountains. Along with him, his mother, Suruci, also followed the path of her son [she died].

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> > TEXT 4

> > dhruvo bhratr-vadham srutva

> > kopamarsa-sucarpitah

> > jaitram syandanam asthaya

> > gatah punya janalayam

> > dhruvah--Dhruva Maharaja; bhratr-vadham--the killing of his brother; srutva--hearing this news; kopa--anger; amarsa--vengeance; suca--lamentation; arpitah--being filled with; jaitram--victorious; syandanam--chariot; asthaya--getting on; gatah--went; punya jana-alayam--to the city of the Yaksas.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When Dhruva Maharaja heard of the killing of his brother Uttama by the Yaksas in the Himalaya Mountains, being overwhelmed with lamentation and anger, he got on his chariot and went out for victory over the city of the Yaksas, Alakapuri.

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> > TEXT 5

> > gatvodicim disam raja

> > rudran ucara-sevitam

> > dadarsa himavad-dronyam

> > purim guhyaka-sankulam

> > gatva--going; udicim--northern; disam--direction; raja--King Dhruva; rudra-anucara--by followers of Rudra, Lord Siva; sevitam--inhabited; dadirsa--saw; himavat--Himalayan; dronyam--in a valley; purim--a city; guhyaka--ghostly persons; sankulam--full of.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Dhruva Maharaja went to the northern direction of the Himalayan range. In a valley he saw a city full of ghostly persons who were followers of Lord Siva.

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> > TEXT 6

> > dadhmau sankham brhad-bahuh

> > kham disas canunadayan

> > yenodvigna-drsah ksattar

> > upadevyo 'trasan bhrsam

> > dadhmau--blew; sankham--conchshell; brhat-bahuh--the mighty-armed; kham--the sky; disah ca--and all directions; anunadayan--causing to resound; yena--by which; udvigna-drsah--appeared very anxious; ksattah--my dear Vidura; upadevyah--the wives of the Yaksas; atrasan--became frightened; bhrsam--greatly.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, as soon as Dhruva Maharaja reached Alakapuri, he immediately blew his conchshell, and the sound reverberated throughout the entire sky and in every direction. The wives of the Yaksas became very much frightened. From their eyes it was apparent that they were full of anxiety.

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> > TEXT 7

> > tato niskramya balina

> > upadeva-maha-bhatah

> > asahantas tan-ninadam

> > abhipetur udayudhah

> > tatah--thereafter; niskramya--coming out; balinah--very powerful; upadeva--of Kuvera; maha-bhatah--great soldiers; asahantah--unable to tolerate; tat--of the conchshell; ninadam--sound; abhipetuh--attacked; udayudhah--equipped with various weapons.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O hero Vidura, the greatly powerful heroes of the Yaksas, unable to tolerate the resounding vibration of the conchshell of Dhruva Maharaja, came forth from their city with weapons and attacked Dhruva.

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> > TEXT 8

> > sa tan apatato vira

> > ugra-dhanva maha-rathah

> > ekaikam yugapat sarvan

> > ahan banais tribhis tribhih

> > sah--Dhruva Maharaja; tan--all of them; apatatah--falling upon him; virah--hero; ugra-dhanva--powerful bowman; maha-rathah--who could fight with many chariots; eka-ekam--one after another; yugapat--simultaneously; sarvan--all of them; ahan--killed; banaih--by arrows; tribhih tribhih--by threes.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Dhruva Maharaja, who was a great charioteer and certainly a great bowman also, immediately began to kill them by simultaneously discharging arrows three at a time.

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> > TEXT 9

> > te vai lalata-lagnais tair

> > isubhih sarva eva hi

> > matva nirastam atmanam

> > asamsan karma tasya tat

> > te--they; vai--certainly; lalata-lagnaih--intent upon their heads; taih--by those; isubhih--arrows; sarve--all of them; eva--certainly; hi--without fail; matva--thinking; nirastam--defeated; atmanam--themselves; asamsan--praised; karma--action; tasya--of him; tat--that.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When the heroes of the Yaksas saw that all their heads were being thus threatened by Dhruva Maharaja, they could very easily understand their awkward position, and they concluded that they would certainly be defeated. But, as heroes, they lauded the action of Dhruva.

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> > TEXT 10

> > te 'pi camum amrsyantah

> > pada-sparsam ivoragah

> > sarair avidhyan yugapad

> > dvi-gunam pracikirsavah

> > te--the Yaksas; api--also; ca--and; amum--at Dhruva; amrsyantah--being intolerant of; pada-sparsam--being touched by the feet; iva--like; uragah--serpents; saraih--with arrows; avidhyan--struck; yugapat--simultaneously; dvi-gunam--twice as much; pracikirsavah--trying to retaliate.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Just like serpents, who cannot tolerate being trampled upon by anyone's feet, the Yaksas, being intolerant of the wonderful prowess of Dhruva Maharaja, threw twice as many arrows--six from each of their soldiers--and thus they very valiantly exhibited their prowess.

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> > TEXT 11-12

> > tatah parigha-nistrimsaih

> > prasasula-parasvadhaih

> > sakty-rstibhir bhusundibhis

> > citra-vajaih sarair api

> > abhyavarsan prakupitah

> > saratham saha-sarathim

> > icchantas tat pratikartum

> > ayutanam trayodasa

> > tatah--thereupon; parigha--with iron bludgeons; nistrimsaih--and swords; prasa-sula--with tridents; parasvadhaih--and lances; sakti--with pikes; rstibhih--and spears; bhusundibhih--with bhusundi weapons; citra-vajaih--having various feathers; saraih--with arrows; api--also;

> > abhyavarsan--they showered Dhruva; prakupitah--being angry; sa-ratham--along with his chariot; saha-sarathim--along with his charioteer; icchantah--desiring; tat--Dhruva's activities; pratikartum--to counteract; ayutanam--of ten-thousands; trayodasa--thirteen.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Yaksa soldiers were 130,000 strong, all greatly angry and all desiring to defeat the wonderful activities of Dhruva Maharaja. With full strength they showered upon Maharaja Dhruva, along with his chariot and charioteer, various types of feathered arrows, parighas [iron bludgeons], nistrimsas [swords], prasasulas [tridents], parasvadhas [lances], saktis [pikes], rstis [spears] and bhusundi weapons.

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> > TEXT 13

> > auttanapadih sa tada

> > sastra-varsena bhurina-

> > na evadrsyatacchanna

> > asarena yatha girih

> > auttanapadih--Dhruva Maharaja; sah--he; tada--at that time; sastra-varsena--by a shower of weapons; bhurina--incessant; na--not; eva--certainly; adrsyata--was visible; acchannah--being covered; asarena--by constant rainfall; yatha--as; girih--a mountain.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Dhruva Maharaja was completely covered by an incessant shower of weapons, just as a mountain is covered by incessant rainfall.

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> > TEXT 14

> > haha-karas tadaivasit

> > siddhanam divi pasyatam

> > hato 'yam manavah suryo

> > magnah punya janamave

> > haha-karah--tumult of disappointment; tada--at that time; eva--certainly; asit--became manifest; siddhanam--of all the residents of Siddhaloka; divi--in the sky; pasyatam--who were observing the fight; hatah--killed; ayam--this; manavah--grandson of Manu; suryah--sun; magnah--set; punya jana--of the Yaksas; arnave--in the ocean.

> > TRANSLATION

> > All the Siddhas from the higher planetary systems were observing the fight from the sky, and when they saw that Dhruva Maharaja had been covered by the incessant arrows of the enemy, they roared tumultuously, "The grandson of Manu, Dhruva, is now lost!" They cried that Dhruva Maharaja was just like the sun and that now he had set within the ocean of the Yaksas.

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> > TEXT 15

> > nadatsu yatudhanesu

> > jaya-kasisv atho mrdhe

> > udatisthad rathas tasya

> > niharad iva bhaskarah

> > nadatsu--while exclaiming; yatudhanesu--the ghostly Yaksas; jaya-kasisu--proclaiming victory; atho--then; mrdhe--in the fighting; udatisthat--appeared; rathah--the chariot; tasya--of Dhruva Maharaja; niharat--from the mist; iva--like; bhaskarah--the sun.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Yaksas, being temporarily victorious, exclaimed that they had conquered Dhruva Maharaja. But in the meantime Dhruva's chariot suddenly appeared, just as the sun suddenly appears from within foggy mist.

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> > TEXT 16

> > dhanur visphurjayan divyam

> > dvisatam khedam udvahan

> > astraugham vyadhamad banair

> > ghananikam ivanilah

> > dhanuh--his bow; visphurjayan--twanging; divyam--wonderful; dvisatam--of the enemies; khedam--lamentation; udvahan--creating; astra-ogham--different types of weapons; vyadhamat--he scattered; banaih--with his arrows; ghana--of clouds; anikam--an army; iva--like; anilah--the wind.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Dhruva Maharaja's bow and arrows twanged and hissed, causing lamentation in the hearts of his enemies. He began to shoot incessant arrows, shattering all their different weapons, just as the blasting wind scatters the assembled clouds in the sky.

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> > TEXT 17

> > tasya te capa-nirmukta

> > bhittva varmani raksasam

> > kayan avivisus tigma

> > girin asanayo yatha

> > tasya--of Dhruva; te--those arrows; capa--from the bow; nirmuktah--released; bhittva--having pierced; vamaani--shields; raksasam--of the demons; kayan--bodies; avivisuh--entered; tigmah--sharp; girin--mountains; asanayah--thunderbolts; yatha--just like.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The sharp arrows released from the bow of Dhruva Maharaja pierced the shields and bodies of the enemy, like the thunderbolts released by the King of heaven, which dismantle the bodies of the mountains.

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> > TEXT 18-19

> > bhallaih sanchidyamananam

> > sirobhis caru-kundalaih

> > urubhir hema-talabhair

> > dorbhir valaya-valgubhih

> > hara-keyura-mukutair

> > usnisais ca maha-dhanaih

> > astrtas ta rana-bhuvo

> > rejur vira-mano-harah

> > bhallaih--by his arrows; sanchidyamananam--of the Yaksas who were cut to pieces; sirobhih--with heads; caru--beautiful; kundalaih--with earrings; urubhih--with thighs; hema-talabhaih--like golden palm trees; dorbhih--with arms; valaya-valgubhih--with beautiful bracelets;

> > hara--with garlands; keyura--armlets; mukutaih--and helmets; usnisaih--with turbans; ca--also; maha-dhanaih--very valuable; astrtah--covered; tah--those; rana-bhuvah--battlefield; rejuh--began to glimmer; vira--of the heroes; manah-harah--bewildering the minds.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, the heads of those who were cut to pieces by the arrows of Dhruva Maharaja were decorated very beautifully with earrings and turbans. The legs of their bodies were as beautiful as golden palm trees, their arms were decorated with golden bracelets and armlets, and on their heads there were very valuable helmets bedecked with gold. All these ornaments lying on that battlefield were very attractive and could bewilder the mind of a hero.

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> > TEXT 20

> > hatavasista itare ranajirad

> > rakso-ganah ksatriya-varya-sayakaih

> > prayo vivrknavayava vidudruvur

> > mrgendra-vikridita-yuthapa iva

> > hata-avasistah--the remaining soldiers who were not killed; itare--others; rana-ajirat--from the battlefield; raksah-ganah--the Yaksas; ksatriya-varya--of the greatest of the ksatriyas, or warriors; sayakaih--by the arrows; prayah--mostly; vivrkna--cut to pieces; avayavah--their bodily limbs; vidudruvuh--fled; mrgendra--by a lion; vikridita--being defeated; yuthapah--elephants; iva--like.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The remaining Yaksas who somehow or other were not killed had their limbs cut to pieces by the arrows of the great warrior Dhruva Maharaja. Thus they began to flee, just as elephants flee when defeated by a lion.

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> > TEXT 21

> > apasyamanah sa tadatatayinam

> > maha-mrdhe kancana manavottamah

> > purim didrksann api navisad dvisam

> > na mayinam veda cikirsitam janah

> > apasyamanah--while not observing; sah--Dhruva; tada--at that time; atatayinam--armed opposing soldiers; maha-mrdhe--in that great battlefield; kancana--any; manava-uttamah--the best of the human beings; purim--the city; didrksan--wishing to see; api--although; na avisat--did not enter; dvisam--of the enemies; na--not; mayinam--of the mystics; veda--knows; cikirsitam--the plans; janah--anyone.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Dhruva Maharaja, the best of human beings, observed that in that great battlefield not one of the opposing soldiers was left standing with proper weapons. He then desired to see the city of Alakapuri, but he thought to himself, "No one knows the plans of the mystic Yaksas."

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> > TEXT 22

> > iti bruvams citra-rathah sva-sarathim

> > yattah paresam pratiyoga-sankitah

> > susrava sabdam jaladher iveritam

> > nabhasvato diksu rajo 'nvadrsyata

> > iti--thus; bruvan--talking; citra-rathah--Dhruva Maharaja, whose chariot was very beautiful; sva-sarathim--to his charioteer; yattah--being on guard; paresam--from his enemies; pratiyoga--counterattack; sankitah--being apprehensive; susrava--heard; sabdam--sound; jaladheh--from the ocean; iva--as if; iritam--resounded; nabhasvatah--because of wind; diksu--in all directions; rajah--dust; anu--then; adrsyata--was perceived.

> > TRANSLATION

> > In the meantime, while Dhruva Maharaja, doubtful of his mystic enemies, was talking with his charioteer, they heard a tremendous sound, as if the whole ocean were there, and they found that from the sky a great dust storm was coming over them from all directions.

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> > TEXT 23

> > ksanenacchaditam vyoma

> > ghananikena sarvatah

> > visphurat-tadita diksu

> > trasayat-stanayitnuna

> > ksanena--within a moment; acchaditam--was covered; vyoma--the sky; ghana--of dense clouds; anikena--with a mass; sarvatah--everywhere; visphurat--dazzling; tadita--with lightning; diksu--in all directions; trasayat--threatening; stanayitnuna--with thundering.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Within a moment the whole sky was overcast with dense clouds, and severe thundering was heard. There was glittering electric lightning and severe rainfall.

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> > TEXT 24

> > vavrsu rudhiraughasrk-

> > puya-vin-m utra-medasah

> > nipetur gaganad asya

> > kabandhany agrato 'nagha

> > vavrsuh--showered; rudhira--of blood; ogha--an inundation; asrk--mucus; puya--pus; vit--stool; mutra--urine; medasah--and marrow; nipetuh--began to fall; gaganat--from the sky; asya--of Dhruva; kabandhani--trunks of bodies; agratah--in front; anagha--O faultless Vidura.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My dear faultless Vidura, in that rainfall there was blood, mucus, pus, stool, urine and marrow falling heavily before Dhruva Maharaja, and there were trunks of bodies falling from the sky.

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> > TEXT 25

> > tatah khe 'drsyata girir

> > nipetuh sarvato-disam

> > gada-parigha-nistrimsa-

> > musalah sasma-varsinah

> > tatah--thereafter; khe--in the sky; adrsyata--was visible; girih--a mountain; nipetuh--fell down; sarvatah-disam--from all directions; gada--clubs; parigha--iron bludgeons; nistrimsa--swords; musalah--maces; sa-asma--great pieces of stone; varsinah--with a shower of.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Next, a great mountain was visible in the sky, and from all directions hailstones fell, along with lances, clubs, swords, iron bludgeons and great pieces of stone.

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> > TEXT 26

> > ahayo 'sani-nihsvasa

> > vamanto 'gnim rusaksibhih

> > abhyadhavan gaja mattah

> > simha-vyaghras ca yuthasah

> > ahayah--serpents; asani--thunderbolts; nihsvasah--breathing; vamantah--vomiting; agnim--fire; rusa-aksibhih--with angry eyes; abhyadhavan--came forward; gajah--elephants; mattah--mad; simha--lions; vyaghrah--tigers; ca--also; yuthasah--in groups.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Dhruva Maharaja also saw many big serpents with angry eyes, vomiting forth fire and coming to devour him, along with groups of mad elephants, lions and tigers.

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> > TEXT 27

> > samudra urmibhir bhimah

> > plavayan sarvato bhuvam

> > asasada maha-hradah

> > kalpanta iva bhisanah

> > samudrah--the sea; urmibhih--with waves; bhimah--fierce; plavayan--inundating; sarvatah--in all directions; bhuvam--the earth; asasada--came forward; maha-hradah--making great sounds; kalpa-ante--(the dissolution) at the end of a kalpa; iva--like; bhisanah--fearful.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Then, as if it were the time of the dissolution of the whole world, the fierce sea with foaming waves and great roaring sounds came forward before him.

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> > TEXT 28

> > evam-vidhany anekani

> > trasanany amanasvinam

> > sasrjus tigma-gataya

> > asurya mayayasurah

> > evam-vidhani--(phenomena) like this; anekani--many varieties of; trasanani--fearful; amanasvinam--to the less intelligent men; sasrjuh--they created; tigma-gatayah--of heinous nature; asurya--demoniac; mayaya--by illusion; asurah--the demons.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The demon Yaksas are by nature very heinous, and by their demoniac power of illusion they can create many strange phenomena to frighten one who is less intelligent.

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> > TEXT 29

> > dhruve prayuktam asurais

> > tam mayam atidustaram

> > nisamya tasya munayah

> > sam asamsan samagatah

> > dhruve--against Dhruva; prayuktam--inflicted; asuraih--by the demons; tam--that; mayam--mystic power; ati-dustaram--very dangerous; nisamya--after hearing; tasya--his; munayah--the great sages; sam--good fortune; asamsan--giving encouragement for; samagatah--assembled.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When the great sages heard that Dhruva Maharaja was overpowered by the illusory mystic tricks of the demons, they immediately assembled to offer him auspicious encouragement.

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> > TEXT 30

> > munaya ucuh

> > auttanapada bhagavams tava sarngadhanva

> > devah ksinotv avanatarti-haro vipaksan

> > yan-namadheyam abhidhaya nisamya caddha

> > loko 'njasa tarati dustaram anga mrtyum

> > munayah ucuh--the sages said; auttanapada--O son of King Uttanapada; bhagavan--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tava--your; sarnga-dhanva--one who bears the bow called Sarnga; devah--the Lord; ksinotu--may He kill; avanata--of the surrendered soul; arti--the distresses; harah--who removes; vipaksan--enemies; yat--whose; namadheyam--holy name; abhidhaya--uttering; nisamya--hearing; ca--also; addha--immediately; lokah--persons; anjasa--fully; tarati--overcome; dustamm--insurmountable; anga--O Dhruva; mrtyum--death.

> > TRANSLATION

> > All the sages said: Dear Dhruva, O son of King Uttanapada, may the Supreme Personality of Godhead known as Sarngadhanva, 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.

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