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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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महिमानं विलोक्यास्य नारदो भगवानृषिः । आतोद्यं वितुदञ्श्लोकान्सत्रेऽगायत्प्रचेतसाम् ॥४०॥
mahimānaṁ vilokyāsya nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ ātodyaṁ vitudañ ślokān satre ’gāyat pracetasām
WORD BY WORD
mahimānam glories; vilokya observing; asya of Dhruva Mahārāja; nāradaḥ the great sage Nārada; bhagavān equally as exalted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ṛṣiḥ the saint; ātodyam the stringed instrument, vīṇā; vitudan playing on; ślokān verses; satre in the sacrificial arena; agāyat chanted; pracetasām of the Pracetās.;
TRANSLATION
| After observing the glories of Dhruva Mahārāja, the great sage Nārada, playing his vīṇā, went to the sacrificial arena of the Pracetās and very happily chanted the following three verses.
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PURPORT
| The great sage Nārada was the spiritual master of Dhruva Mahārāja. Certainly he was very glad to see Dhruva’s glories. As a father is very happy to see the son’s advancement in every respect, so the spiritual master is very happy to observe the ascendancy of his disciple.
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