SB 4.8.11

TEXT 11

TEXT

न वत्स नृपतेर्धिष्ण्यं भवानारोढुमर्हति ।
न गृहीतो मया यत्त्वं कुक्षावपि नृपात्मजः ॥ ११ ॥

na vatsa nrpater dhisnyam

bhavan arodhum arhati

na grhito maya yat tvam

kuksav api nrpatmajah

na-not; vatsa-my dear child; nrpateh-of the King; dhisnyam-seat; bhavan-yourself; arodhum-to get on; arhati-deserve; na-not; grhitah-taken; maya-by me; yat-because; tvam-yourself; kuksau-in the womb; api-although; nrpa-atmajah-son of the King.

TRANSLATION

Queen Suruci told Dhruva Maharaja: My dear child, you do not deserve to sit on the throne or on the lap of the King. Surely you are also the son of the King, but because you did not take your birth in my womb, you are not qualified to sit on your father's lap.

PURPORT

Queen Suruci very proudly informed Dhruva Maharaja that to be the King's son was not the qualification for sitting on the lap or throne of the King. Rather, this privilege was dependent on one's taking birth in the womb of Queen Suruci. In other words, she indirectly informed Dhruva Maharaja that although he happened to be born of the King, he was nevertheless considered to be an illegitimate son because of his birth in the womb of the other queen.