TEXT 24
maitreya uvaca
evam sanjalpitam matur
akarnyarthagamam vacah
sanniyamyatmanatmanam
niscakrama pituh purat
SYNONYMS
maitreyah uvacathe great sage Maitreya said; evamthus; sanjalpitamspoken together; matuhfrom the mother; akarnyahearing; artha-agamampurposeful; vacahwords; sanniyamyacontrolling; atmanaby the mind; atmanamown self; niscakramagot out; pituhof the father; puratfrom the house.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: The instruction of Dhruva Maharajas mother, Suniti, was actually meant for fulfilling his desired objective. Therefore, after deliberate consideration and with intelligence and fixed determination, he left his fathers house.
PURPORT
Both the mother and the son were lamenting Dhruva Maharajas having been insulted by his stepmother and his fathers not having taken any step on this issue. But mere lamentation is uselessone should find out the means to mitigate ones 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 Maharaja left his fathers capital city to go to a secluded place to search out the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is the instruction of Prahlada Maharaja 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 Gaudiya Vaisnava this forest is the forest of Vrnda, or Vrndavana. If one takes shelter of Vrndavana under Vrndavanesvari, Srimati Radharani, certainly all the problems of his life are solved very easily.

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