Devanagari
मैत्रेय उवाच
इत्यर्चित: स भगवानतिदिश्यात्मन: पदम् ।
बालस्य पश्यतो धाम स्वमगाद्गरुडध्वज: ॥ २६ ॥
Verse text
maitreya uvāca
ity arcitaḥ sa bhagavān
atidiśyātmanaḥ padam
bālasya paśyato dhāma
svam agād garuḍa-dhvajaḥ
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ uvāca
—
the great sage Maitreya continued to speak
;
iti
—
thus
;
arcitaḥ
—
being honored and worshiped
;
saḥ
—
the Supreme Lord
;
bhagavān
—
the Personality of Godhead
;
atidiśya
—
after offering
;
ātmanaḥ
—
His personal
;
padam
—
residence
;
bālasya
—
while the boy
;
paśyataḥ
—
was looking on
;
dhāma
—
to His abode
;
svam
—
own
;
agāt
—
He returned
;
garuḍa
—
dhvajaḥ — Lord Viṣṇu, whose flag bears the emblem of Garuḍa .
Translation
The great sage Maitreya said: After being worshiped and honored by the boy [Dhruva Mahārāja], and after offering him His abode, Lord Viṣṇu, on the back of Garuḍa, returned to His abode as Dhruva Mahārāja looked on.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Maitreya said: The Lord, after being worshipped and after offering his abode, then departed for his abode on Garuḍa, while the boy watched.
Atidśya means “having given.”
Purport
From this verse it appears that Lord Viṣṇu awarded Dhruva Mahārāja the same abode in which He resides. His abode is described in the
Bhagavad-gītā
(15.6)
:
yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama.