SB 4.8.27
TEXT 27
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TEXT
नारद उवाच
नाधुनाप्यवमानं ते सम्मानं वापि पुत्रक । लक्षयामः कुमारस्य सक्तस्य क्रीडनादिषु ॥ २७ ॥ narada uvaca
nadhunapy avamanam te
sammanam vapi putraka
laksayamaḥ kumarasya
saktasya kriḍanadisu
naradaḥ 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; laksayamaḥ-I can see; kumarasya-of boys like you; saktasya-being attached; kriḍana-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.
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