SB 4.8.27

TEXT 27

TEXT

नारद उवाच
नाधुनाप्यवमानं ते सम्मानं वापि पुत्रक ।
लक्षयामः कुमारस्य सक्तस्य क्रीडनादिषु ॥ २७ ॥

narada uvaca

nadhunapy avamanam te

sammanam vapi putraka

laksayamah kumarasya

saktasya kridanadisu

naradah uvaca-the great sage Narada said; na-not; adhuna-just now; api-although; avamanam-insult; te-unto you; sammanam-offering respects; va-or; api-certainly; putraka-my dear boy; laksayamah-I can see; kumarasya-of boys like you; saktasya-being attached; kridana-adisu-to sports and frivolities.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Narada told Dhruva: My dear boy, you are only a little boy whose attachment is to sports and other frivolities. Why are you so affected by words insulting your honor?

PURPORT

Ordinarily if a child is rebuked as a rascal or fool, he smiles and does not take such insulting words very seriously. Similarly, if words of honor are offered, he does not appreciate them. But in the case of Dhruva Maharaja, the ksatriya spirit was so strong that he could not tolerate a slight insult from his stepmother which injured his ksatriya prestige.