SB 4.10.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 10: Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight With the Yakṣas

SB 4.10.20 - SB 4.10.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 21

apaśyamānaḥ sa tadātatāyinaṁ

mahā-mṛdhe kañcana mānavottamaḥ

purīṁ didṛkṣann api nāviśad dviṣāṁ

na māyināṁ veda cikīrṣitaṁ janaḥ

SYNONYMS

apaśyamānaḥ — while not observing; saḥ — Dhruva; tadā — at that time; ātatāyinam — armed opposing soldiers; mahā-mṛdhe — in that great battlefield; kañcana — any; mānava-uttamaḥ — the best of the human beings; purīm — the city; didṛkṣan — wishing to see; api — although; na āviśat — did not enter; dviṣām — of the enemies; na — not; māyinām — of the mystics; veda — knows; cikīrṣitam — the plans; janaḥ — anyone.

TRANSLATION

Dhruva Mahārāja, the best of human beings, observed that in that great battlefield not one of the opposing soldiers was left standing with proper weapons. He then desired to see the city of Alakāpurī, but he thought to himself, "No one knows the plans of the mystic Yakṣas."

SB 4.10.20 - SB 4.10.22