Devanagari
मैत्रेय उवाच
ध्रुवस्य चोत्कल: पुत्र: पितरि प्रस्थिते वनम् ।
सार्वभौमश्रियं नैच्छदधिराजासनं पितु: ॥ ६ ॥
Verse text
maitreya uvāca
dhruvasya cotkalaḥ putraḥ
pitari prasthite vanam
sārvabhauma-śriyaṁ naicchad
adhirājāsanaṁ pituḥ
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ uvāca
—
the great sage Maitreya said
;
dhruvasya
—
of Dhruva Mahārāja
;
ca
—
also
;
utkalaḥ
—
Utkala
;
putraḥ
—
son
;
pitari
—
after the father
;
prasthite
—
departed
;
vanam
—
for the forest
;
sārva
—
bhauma — including all lands
;
śriyam
—
opulence
;
na aicchat
—
did not desire
;
adhirāja
—
royal
;
āsanam
—
throne
;
pituḥ
—
of the father .
Translation
The great sage Maitreya replied: My dear Vidura, when Mahārāja Dhruva departed for the forest, his son, Utkala, did not desire to accept the opulent throne of his father, which was meant for the ruler of all the lands of this planet.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Maitreya said: When Dhruva departed to the forest, his son Utkala did not want the throne of his father or the wealth of the whole earth.
Since the Pracetas were born in Dhruva’s dynasty, the story of the Pracetas will appear in narration of Dhruva’s descendents. The description is for that purpose.