TEXT 4
sa tam vivaksantam atad-vidam harir
jnatvasya sarvasya ca hrdy avasthitah
krtanjalim brahmamayena kambuna
pasparsa balam krpaya kapole
SYNONYMS
sahthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; tamDhruva Maharaja; vivaksantamwanting to offer prayers describing His qualities; a-tat-vidamnot experienced at that; harihthe Personality of Godhead; jnatvahaving understood; asyaof Dhruva Maharaja; sarvasyaof everyone; caand; hrdiin the heart; avasthitahbeing situated; krta-anjalimsituated with folded hands; brahma-mayenajust consistent with the words of the Vedic hymns; kambunawith His conchshell; pasparsatouched; balamthe boy; krpayaout of causeless mercy; kapoleon the forehead.
TRANSLATION
Although Dhruva Maharaja was a small boy, he wanted to offer prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in suitable language. But because he was inexperienced, he could not adjust himself immediately. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, being situated in everyones heart, could understand Dhruva Maharajas awkward position. Out of His causeless mercy He touched His conchshell to the forehead of Dhruva Maharaja, who stood before Him with folded hands.
PURPORT
Every devotee wants to chant the transcendental qualities of the Lord. Devotees are always interested in hearing about the Lords transcendental qualities, and they are always eager to glorify these qualities, but sometimes they feel inconvenienced by humbleness. The Personality of Godhead, being situated in everyones heart, specifically gives a devotee intelligence to describe Him. It is therefore understood that when a devotee writes or speaks about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his words are dictated by the Lord from within. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita, Tenth Chapter: to those who constantly engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, the Lord, from within, dictates what to do next in order to serve Him. When Dhruva Maharaja felt hesitant, not knowing how to describe the Lord for want of sufficient experience, the Lord, out of His causeless mercy, touched His conchshell to Dhruvas forehead, and he was transcendentally inspired. This transcendental inspiration is called brahma-maya because when one is thus inspired, the sound he produces exactly corresponds to the sound vibration of the Vedas. This is not the ordinary sound vibration of this material world. Therefore the sound vibration of the Hare Krsna mantra, although presented in the ordinary alphabet, should not be taken as mundane or material.

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