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propitiated by my penance the Soul of
the universe who is hard to be pleased, I,
this unfortunate self, begged of the des-
troyer of the misery of birth and death,
that misery itself.
 
'स्वाराज्यं यच्छतो मौढ्यान्मानो मे भिक्षितो बत।
ईश्वरात्क्षीणपुण्येन फलीकारानिवाधनः ॥'
"Alas ! in my folly I have begged for
honour of Him who gives the sovereignty
of the self, like the pauper who begged
of the king chaff, as a result of his mis-
fortune."
 
अभिवन्ध पितुः पादावाशीर्भिश्चाभिमन्त्रितः ।
ननाम मातरौ शीर्ष्णा सत्कृतस्सज्जनाग्रणीः ॥
Bowing at the feet of his father and
welcomed by him with blessings, Dhruva,
respected (by all) and foremost among
the good, bent his head in reverence to
his two mothers.
 
सुरुचिस्तं समुत्थाप्य पादावनतमर्भकम् ।
परिष्वज्याह जीवेति बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ॥