ma bhaista balam tapaso duratyayan
nivartayisye pratiyata sva-dhama
yato hi vah prana-nirodha asid
auttanapadir mayi saṅgatatma
sri bhagavan uvaca-the Supreme Personality of Godhead replied; ma bhaista-do not be afraid; balam-the boy Dhruva; tapasah-by his severe austerity; duratyayat-strongly determined; nivartayisye-I shall ask him to stop this; pratiyata-you can return; sva-dhama-your own respective homes; yatah-from whom; hi-certainly; vah-your; prana-nirodhah-choking the life air; asit-happened; auttanapadih-on account of the son of King Uttanapada; mayi-unto Me; saṅgata-atma-fully absorbed in thought of Me.