SB 4.10.3 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

उत्तमस्त्वकृतोद्वाहो मृगयायां बलीयसा

हत: पुण्यजनेनाद्रौ तन्मातास्य गतिं गता ॥ ३ ॥

Verse text

uttamas tv akṛtodvāho

mṛgayāyāṁ balīyasā

hataḥ puṇya-janenādrau

tan-mātāsya gatiṁ gatā

Synonyms

uttamaḥ — Uttama ; tu — but ; akṛta — without ; udvāhaḥ — marriage ; mṛgayāyām — on a hunting excursion ; balīyasā — very powerful ; hataḥ — was killed ; puṇya-janena — by a Yakṣa ; adrau — on the Himālaya Mountains ; tat — his ; mātā — mother (Suruci) ; asya — of her son ; gatim — way ; gatā — followed.

Translation

Dhruva Mahārāja’s younger brother Uttama, who was still unmarried, once went on a hunting excursion and was killed by a powerful Yakṣa in the Himālaya Mountains. Along with him, his mother, Suruci, also followed the path of her son [she died].

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Dhruva's younger brother Uttama, who was still unmarried, was killed while hunting in the Himalaya Mountains by a powerful Yakṣa. His mother, Suruci, followed the path of her son.