SB 4.9.26

TEXT 26

TEXT

मैत्रेय उवाच
इत्यर्चितः स भगवान् अतिदिश्यात्मनः पदम् ।
बालस्य पश्यतो धाम स्वम् अगाद्गरुडध्वजः ॥ २६ ॥

maitreya uvaca

ity arcitah sa bhagavan

atidisyatmanah padam

balasya pasyato dhama svam

agad garuda-dhvajah

maitreyah uvaca-the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; iti-thus; arcitah-being honored and worshiped; sah-the Supreme Lord; bhagavan-the Personality of Godhead; atidisya-after offering; atmanah-His personal; padam-residence; balasya-while the boy; pasyatah-was looking on; dhama-to His abode; svam-own; agat-He returned; garuda-dhvajah-Lord Visnu, whose flag bears the emblem of Garuda.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya said: After being worshiped and honored by the boy, Dhruva Maharaja, and after offering him His abode, Lord Visnu returned to His abode on the back of Garuda as Dhruva Maharaja looked on.

PURPORT

From this verse it appears that Lord Visnu awarded Dhruva Maharaja the same abode in which He resides. His abode is described in the Bhagavad-gita (15.6): yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama.

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