SB 4.10.3

SB 4.10.3

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.