Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /67

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कृति मंत्राप्ता
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
● भारत सरकार
 
॥ श्रीः ॥

॥ ध्रुवचरित्रम् ॥
 

 
THE STORY OF DHRUVA
 

 
प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ शतरूपापतेस्सुतौ ।

वासुदेवस्य कलया रक्षायां जगतस्स्थितौ ॥
 

Priyavrata and Uttanapada, the sons of

Manu, the husband of Satarupa, imbued

with an element of God Vasudeva, were

engaged in protecting the world.
 

 
जाये उत्तानपादस्य सुनीतिस्सुरुचिस्तयोः ।

सुरुचिः प्रेयसी पत्युर्नेतरा यत्सुतो ध्रुवः ॥
 

There were two wives to Uttanapada,
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There were two wiuniti and Suruchi; of the two, Suruchi
was the beloves to Uttanapada,
Suniti and Suruchi;d of the two, Suruchi
was the beher lord, and not the
other, whose son was Dhruved of her lord, and not the
other, whose son was Dhruva.
 

 
एकदां सुरुचेः पुत्रमङ्कमारोप्य लालयन् ।

उत्तमं नारुरुक्षन्तं ध्रुवं राजाऽभ्यनन्दत ॥